CVE-2014-3859

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

libdns in ISC BIND 9.10.0 before P2 does not properly handle EDNS options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by an attack against named, dig, or delv.

Affected products

ISC BIND: 9.10.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/58946
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/
http://secunia.com/advisories/58946
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68193
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030414
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01171/

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