CVE-2013-4854 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RFC 5011 implementation of ISC BIND versions 9.7.x, 9.8.x, and 9.9.x, as well as DNSco BIND. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a query with a malformed RDATA section, causing the named daemon to crash. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact of complete denial of service with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While it was exploited in the wild in July 2013, there is no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.7.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.7.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.7.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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