CVE-2013-4854
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The 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.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4854 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It does affect the versions of bind97 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and the versions of bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (bind97) | RHSA-2013:1115 | 2013-07-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (bind) | RHSA-2013:1114 | 2013-07-30 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bind | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bind | Not affected |
External References
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