CVE-2014-0591

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    CVE-2014-0591

    Published: 14 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2081-1, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01078, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01085, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051717, 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://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, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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