CVE-2014-0591
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2 |
Application impact
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
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.