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CVE-2019-6471

A race condition when discarding malformed packets can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure

5.9 MediumFix available

CVE-2019-6471 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Isc Bind, published June 19, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.29%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in bind 9.14.3-r0.

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.29%Up 2.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

A race condition when discarding malformed packets can cause BIND to exit with an assertion failure

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16031 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
EUVD-2019-16031
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-52fp-qxmc-8q94 No score

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due...

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
GHSA-52fp-qxmc-8q94
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-362, CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-6471 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-6471 5.9

CVE-2019-6471 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-6471 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:1714 5.9

Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update

Record
RHSA-2019:1714
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-6471 5.9

A race condition which may occur when discarding malformed packets can result in BIND exiting due to a REQUIRE assertion failure in dispatch.c. Versions affected: BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.7, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P1, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.2. Also all releases of the BIND 9.13 development branch and version 9.15.0 of the BIND 9.15 development branch and BIND Supported Preview Edition versions 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.7-S1.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6471
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0299 No score

Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities

Limiting simultaneous TCP clients is ineffective (CVE-2018-5743)

Race condition when discarding malformed packets can cause bind to exit with assertion failure (CVE-2019-6471)

In addition to those two security issues, this package releases also fixes two additional issues:

  • a missing conflict tag between old bind and bnew ind-utils subpackages, preventing upgrade due to a file conflict
  • missing root.key file, despite this one being refered in default configuration
Record
MGASA-2019-0299
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2263-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6471: Fixed a reachable assert in dispatch.c. (bsc#1138687)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • bind will no longer rely on /etc/insserv.conf (bsc#1118367, bsc#1118368)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2263-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2265-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6471: Fixed a reachable assert in dispatch.c. (bsc#1138687)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • bind will no longer rely on /etc/insserv.conf (bsc#1118367, bsc#1118368)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2265-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10650-1 No score

bind-9.16.20-1.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the bind-9.16.20-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10650-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2502-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6465: Fixed an issue where controls for zone transfers may not be properly applied to Dynamically Loadable Zones (bsc#1126069).
  • CVE-2019-6471: Fixed a reachable assert in dispatch.c. (bsc#1138687)
  • CVE-2018-5745: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability if a trust anchor rolls over to an unsupported key algorithm when using managed-keys (bsc#1126068).
  • CVE-2018-5743: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability which could be caused by to many simultaneous TCP connections (bsc#1133185).
  • CVE-2018-5740: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability in the 'deny-answer-aliases' feature (bsc#1104129).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Don't rely on /etc/insserv.conf anymore for proper dependencies against nss-lookup.target in named.service and lwresd.service (bsc#1118367, bsc#1118368).
  • Fix FIPS related regression (bsc#1128220).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2502-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2550-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6471: Fixed a reachable assert in dispatch.c. (bsc#1138687)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • bind will no longer rely on /etc/insserv.conf (bsc#1118367, bsc#1118368)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2550-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4026-1 No score

bind9 vulnerability

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
USN-4026-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind
Alpine:v3.10
9.11.0 up to 9.14.3-r0
9.14.3-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.11
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.12
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.13
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.14
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.15
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.16
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.17
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.18
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.19
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind
Alpine:v3.20
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.21
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.22
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.23
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.24
9.11.0 up to 9.14.4-r0
9.14.4-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.7
9.11.0 up to 9.11.8-r0
9.11.8-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.8
9.11.0 up to 9.12.4_p2-r0
9.12.4_p2-r0
bind
Alpine:v3.9
9.11.0 up to 9.12.4_p2-r0
9.12.4_p2-r0
bind9
Debian:12
before 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
bind9
Debian:13
before 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
bind9
Debian:14
before 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1
bind
Mageia:7
before 9.11.6-1.1.mga7
9.11.6-1.1.mga7
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-export-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs-lite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs-lite-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-license
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-lite-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-utils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-sdb-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-sdb-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-utils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
python3-bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-export-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-export-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-export-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-libs-lite-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-libs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-pkcs11-utils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-sdb-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind-utils-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
before 32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
before 9.11.2-3.10.1
9.11.2-3.10.1
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
before 9.11.2-3.10.1
9.11.2-3.10.1
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 9.11.2-3.10.1
9.11.2-3.10.1
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 9.11.2-3.10.1
9.11.2-3.10.1
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
before 9.11.2-12.13.2
9.11.2-12.13.2
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
before 9.11.2-12.13.2
9.11.2-12.13.2
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15
before 9.11.2-12.13.2
9.11.2-12.13.2
bind
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1
before 9.11.2-12.13.2
9.11.2-12.13.2
bind9
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8, plus listed versions
1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu11:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu21:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu31:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu41:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu5
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1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu11:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.11:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.21:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.31:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.51:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.7
1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.8
bind
openSUSE:Leap 15.0
before 9.11.2-lp150.8.16.1
9.11.2-lp150.8.16.1
bind
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 9.11.2-lp151.11.6.1
9.11.2-lp151.11.6.1
bind
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 9.16.20-1.4
9.16.20-1.4

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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