RULE(RULE ID:805340)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2016-08-19
Rule Name: PROTOCOL-DNS ISC BIND Lwresd Query Name Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-2775)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Windows, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:92037
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775