Buffer overflow in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

Buffer overflow in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via queries that trigger the overflow in the q_usedns array that tracks nameservers and addresses.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 1012996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• VU#327633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 14009 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 12364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind8.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 18291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• bind-qusedns-bo(19063) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:57 UTC.