CVE-2013-2266

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2266
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-28 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
Descriptionlibdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.2 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 b1 All All

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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE-2013-2266: FAQ and Supplemental Information | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2656-1 bind9 DEBIAN www.debian.org
APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 APPLE lists.apple.com
ISC BIND 9 'libdns' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
A Maliciously Crafted Regular Expression Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in named | Internet Systems Consortium CONFIRM www.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02876 SSRT101148 rev.1 - HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS' - MARC HP marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: bind-9.9.2-7.P2.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-1783-1: Bind vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: bind-9.9.2-10.P2.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
404 Not Found CONFIRM linux.oracle.com
CVE-2013-2266: A Maliciously Crafted Regular Expression Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in named | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base CONFIRM kb.isc.org
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