Improper Input Validation Affecting bind package, versions [0,9.10.0-P1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-2382056
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2014

CVE-2014-3214  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.10.0-P1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The prefetch implementation in named in ISC BIND 9.10.0, when a recursive nameserver is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS query that triggers a response with unspecified attributes.

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