The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco…

Description

The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco BIND 9.9.3-S1 before 9.9.3-S1-P1 and 9.9.4-S1b1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query with a malformed RDATA section that is not properly handled during construction of a log message, as exploited in the wild in July 2013.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

34.2% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (29)

• FEDORA-2013-13863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• HPSBUX02926 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01015 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 54134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 54185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FreeBSD-SA-13:07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
• https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01016 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19561 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-13831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 54207 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• isc-bind-cve20134854-dos(86004) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-210/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20130806 [slackware-security] bind (SSA:2013-218-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 61479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 54323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2013:1310 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 54211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-1910-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-2728 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1028838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1115 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 54432 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 16:59 UTC.