MGASA-2013-0237

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    MGASA-2013-0237

    Published: 29 Jul 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4854

    Summary: Updated bind package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (daemon crash) 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 (CVE-2013-4854).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0237.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10869, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01015, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01016, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01017, http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2013:202/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bind

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/bind?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.9.3.P2-1.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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