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    CVE-2014-0591

    The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

    Published:Jan 13, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 14, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.43549
    CVSS Score:2.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isc
    Product
    Bind
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-11605 (CVSS 7.5) — The issue is a resource exhaustion vulnerability associated with DNSSEC validation. BIND always validates all …
    CVE-2026-10723 (CVSS 6.8) — BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, which could allow an attacker to forge authentica…
    CVE-2026-10822 (CVSS 6.5) — If BIND encounters a particular invalid data structure in a DNS record, it will accept the invalid data, and m…
    CVE-2026-13204 (CVSS 7.5) — If a provably insecure domain is covered by both an NSEC and NSEC3 record at the parent, and there exist an RR…
    CVE-2026-11331 (CVSS 7.5) — An attacker who knows (or guesses) that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names…
    CVE-2026-11622 (CVSS 7.5) — A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer f…
    CVE-2026-11721 (CVSS 7.5) — It is possible for an attacker's zone to respond to a query with an RRSIG that has a smaller number of labels …
    CVE-2026-13321 (CVSS 8.6) — The BIND resolver accepts validly-signed NSEC records where the "Next Domain Name" field points outside the si…
    CVE-2026-5950 (CVSS 5.3) — An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad-server handling,…

    References

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126761.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126772.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00009.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00016.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00019.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138995561732658&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/101973
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0043.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56425
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56427
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56442
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56493
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56522
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56574
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56871
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61199
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61343
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3023
    http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind.asc
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:002
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64801
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029589
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.518391
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.524465
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2081-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051717
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01078
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01085
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126761.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126772.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00009.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00016.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00019.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138995561732658&w=2
    http://osvdb.org/101973
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0043.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56425
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56427
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56442
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56493
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56522
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56574
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56871
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61199
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61343
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3023
    http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:04.bind.asc
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:002
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64801
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029589
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.518391
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.524465
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2081-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051717
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01078
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01085
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High