CVE-2018-5740

mediumpriority · attend · 61EPSS 0.596 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

59.6% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

62 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-officer@isc.orgexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-617USprimaryCWE-20US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

sischkg/cve-2018-5740sischkg/cve-2018-5740PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (62)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Avaya Aura Application Enablement Servicesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_application_enablement_services:-
Avaya Aura Communication Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:communication_manager:-
Avaya Aura Experience Portalall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_experience_portal:-
Avaya Aura Session Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:session_manager:-
Avaya Aura System Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:aura_system_manager:-
Avaya CMSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:avaya:call_management_system_server:-
Avaya Session Border Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:avaya:session_border_controller:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:avamar:-
Dell NetWorker virtualall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:virtual
Internet Systems Consortium BIND <9.10.8-P1all versionscert_bundDE
Internet Systems Consortium BIND <9.11.4-P1all versionscert_bundDE
Internet Systems Consortium BIND <9.12.2-P1all versionscert_bundDE
Internet Systems Consortium BIND <9.9.13-P1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Internet Systems Consortium BIND< 9.10.8-P1cert_bundDE

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-1193Internet Systems Consortium BIND: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-08-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Internet Systems Consortium BIND ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-01-16modified 2026-06-17

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In BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.…
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A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an assertion failure in slapd in the saslAuthzTo validation, resulting in denial of service.

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references (56)

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