CVE-2014-0591

Public on 2014-01-14
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled queries for NSEC3-signed zones. A remote attacker could use this flaw against an authoritative name server that served NCES3-signed zones by sending a specially crafted query, which, when processed, would cause named to crash.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 bind 2014-02-03 ALAS-2014-287 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-0591 Mitre: CVE-2014-0591