CVE-2017-3138: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

named contains a feature which allows operators to issue commands to a running server by communicating with the server process over a control channel, using a utility program such as rndc. A regression introduced in a recent feature change has created a situation under which some versions of named can be caused to exit with a REQUIRE assertion failure if they are sent a null command string. Affects BIND 9.9.9->9.9.9-P7, 9.9.10b1->9.9.10rc2, 9.10.4->9.10.4-P7, 9.10.5b1->9.10.5rc2, 9.11.0->9.11.0-P4, 9.11.1b1->9.11.1rc2, 9.9.9-S1->9.9.9-S9.

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

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