CVE-2017-3137: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mistaken assumptions about the ordering of records in the answer section of a response containing CNAME or DNAME resource records could lead to a situation in which named would exit with an assertion failure when processing a response in which records occurred in an unusual order. Affects BIND 9.9.9-P6, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc1, 9.10.4-P6, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc1, 9.11.0-P3, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc1, and 9.9.9-S8.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• ISC BIND: version 9.9.9 only; version 9.9.10 only; version 9.10.4 only; version 9.10.5 only; version 9.11.0 only; version 9.11.1 only
• Netapp Data Ontap Edge: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Element Software: affected versions not specified
• Netapp Oncommand Balance: affected versions not specified
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 6.2 only; version 6.4 only; version 6.5 only; version 6.6 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; …
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 6.7 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 6.5 only; version 6.6 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2019-01-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.