Vulnerability CVE-2013-2266
Published: 2013-03-28

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
BIND 9 Memory Exhaustion
Matthew Horsfall
28.03.2013

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
ISC -> BIND 

 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
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