CVE-2013-4854

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4854
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-29 13:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-22 17:48:00 UTC
DescriptionThe RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco BIND 9.9.3-S1 before 9.9.3-S1-P1 and 9.9.4-S1b1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query with a malformed RDATA section that is not properly handled during construction of a log message, as exploited in the wild in July 2013.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 prerelease All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 prerelease All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc2 All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux b.11.31 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux b.11.31 All 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 9.7.7 All 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 9.8.5 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.6 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 9.9.3 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 rc2 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 9.7.7 All 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 9.8.5 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.6 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 9.9.3 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Dnsco Bind 9.9.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Dnsco Bind 9.9.4 s1b1 All All
Application Isc Dnsco Bind 9.9.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Dnsco Bind 9.9.4 s1b1 All All
Operating System Mandriva Business Server 1.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Business Server 1.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux 11 All desktop All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux 11 All desktop All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux 11 All server All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux 11 All server All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.2 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.37 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.2 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 13.37 All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp2 All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp3 All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp2 All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp3 All All

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