CVE-2014-3859

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

13/06/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

libdns in ISC BIND 9.10.0 before P2 does not properly handle EDNS options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by an attack against named, dig, or delv.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://secunia.com/advisories/58946
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/
http://secunia.com/advisories/58946
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/