SB2013032803 - Buffer overflow in ISC BIND
Published: March 28, 2013 Updated: July 24, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013032803
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2266)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
libdns 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101500.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101603.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136804614120794&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0689.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0690.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2656
- http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2013-2266
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58736
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1783-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00871/
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00879/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19579