CVE-2014-0591

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Affected products

ISC BIND: 9.6, 9.6-r5_p1, 9.6-r6_b1, 9.6-r6_rc1, 9.6-r6_rc2, 9.6-r7_p1 (+82)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126761.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126772.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00019.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138995561732658&w=2
http://osvdb.org/101973
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0043.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56425
http://secunia.com/advisories/56427

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