{"id":"USN-3683-1","summary":"bind9 vulnerability","details":"Andrew Skalski discovered that Bind could incorrectly enable recursion\nwhen the \"allow-recursion\" setting wasn't specified. This issue could\nimproperly permit recursion to all clients, contrary to expectations.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:46:19.151165Z","published":"2018-06-13T11:18:53Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5738"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-5738","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5738"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3683-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5738"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bind9","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu1","1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu2","1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu3","1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu4","1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu5","1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"bind9"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"bind9-host"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"bind9utils"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"dnsutils"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libbind9-160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libdns-export1100"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libdns1100"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libirs-export160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libirs160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisc-export169"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisc169"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisccc-export160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisccc160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisccfg-export160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libisccfg160"},{"binary_version":"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"liblwres160"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3683-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-5738","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}