Check Point Advisories

ISC BIND Denial of Service (CVE-2015-8705)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0282
Date Published:	12 Apr 2016
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 June, 2025
Source:	ISC AA-01336
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-8705
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ISC BIND 9.0 ISC BIND 9.0.1 ISC BIND 9.1 ISC BIND 9.1.1 ISC BIND 9.1.2 ISC BIND 9.1.3 ISC BIND 9.2 ISC BIND 9.2.0 ISC BIND 9.2.1 ISC BIND 9.2.2 ISC BIND 9.2.2 patch 3 ISC BIND 9.2.3 ISC BIND 9.2.4 ISC BIND 9.2.5 ISC BIND 9.2.6 ISC BIND 9.2.7 ISC BIND 9.3 ISC BIND 9.3.0 ISC BIND 9.3.1 ISC BIND 9.3.2 ISC BIND 9.3.3 ISC BIND 9.4 ISC BIND 9.4.0 ISC BIND 9.4.0 release Candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.4.1 ISC BIND 9.4.2 ISC BIND 9.4.3 ISC BIND 9.4.3 rc1 ISC BIND 9.5 ISC BIND 9.5.0 rc1 ISC BIND 9.5.0 rc1 ISC BIND 9.5.1 rc2 ISC BIND 9.5.1 rc1 ISC BIND 9.5.1 rc2 ISC BIND 9.5.2 ISC BIND 9.5.2 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.5.3 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.5.3 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 9 patch 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 5 patch 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 6 Beta 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 6 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 6 release candidate 2 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 7 patch 1 ISC BIND 9.6 extended support version release 7 patch 2 ISC BIND 9.9.8 patch 2 ISC BIND 9.10.1 ISC BIND 9.10.1 p1 ISC BIND 9.10.2 b2 ISC BIND 9.10.2 b2 ISC BIND 9.10.2 p1 ISC BIND 9.10.2 patch 2 ISC BIND 9.10.2 p3 ISC BIND 9.10.2 p4 ISC BIND 9.10.2 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.10.3 release candidate 1 ISC BIND 9.10.3 patch 1 ISC BIND 9.10.3 patch 2 ISC BIND 9.10.3 release candidate 1
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in ISC BIND. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ISC BIND Denial of Service (CVE-2015-8705) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: DNS Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: ISC BIND Denial of Service (CVE-2015-8705)