USN-2437-1

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    USN-2437-1

    Published: 9 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: bind9 vulnerability

    Details: Florian Maury discovered that Bind incorrectly handled delegation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources and crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2437-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8500

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bind9

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1
    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu2
    1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu3
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
    1:9.9.5.dfsg-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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