CVE-2014-8500
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-8500 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-11 02:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.6 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2015-002.txt.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.netbsd.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0480-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE-2014-8500: A Defect in Delegation Handling Can Be Exploited to Crash BIND | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.isc.org | Vendor Advisory |
| ISC BIND Resolver Resource Consumption Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201502-03) — Gentoo security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| About the security content of OS X Server v5.0.3 - Apple Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| December 2014 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.netapp.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 2015-04 Security Bulletin: SRX Series: ISC BIND vulnerability denial of service in delegation handling (CVE-2014-8500) - Juniper Networks | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3094-1 bind9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0011-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-4 OS X Server 5.0.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2015:1250-1: moderate: Security update for bind | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0488-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0524 - Updated bind packages fix CVE-2014-8500 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | advisories.mageia.org | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Multiples vulnérabilités dans plusieurs produits DNS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | cert.ssi.gouv.fr | Vendor Advisory |
| Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| Vulnerability Note VU#264212 - Recursive DNS resolver implementations may follow referrals infinitely | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0096-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX03400 SSRT102211 rev.1 - HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:165 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX03235 SSRT101750 rev.1 - HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| USN-2437-1: Bind vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ubuntu.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| ISC BIND CVE-2014-8500 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 15151 ISC BIND Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-8500)