CVE-2014-3859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-06-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 29.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29819.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3859
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3859

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Bind

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-06-13T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:57:17.637Z

Reserved: 2014-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3859

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-13T11:19:57.907

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3859

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-06-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3859 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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