VDB-8997 · CVE-2013-3919 · BID 60338

ISC BIND 9.6-esv-r9/9.8.5/9.9.3 Recursive Resolver resolver.c Zone Query denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND 9.6-esv-r9/9.8.5/9.9.3 (Domain Name Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the file resolver.c of the component Recursive Resolver. The manipulation as part of a Zone Query leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

resolver.c in ISC BIND 9.8.5 before 9.8.5-P1, 9.9.3 before 9.9.3-P1, and 9.6-ESV-R9 before 9.6-ESV-R9-P1, when a recursive resolver is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a record in a malformed zone.

The weakness was disclosed 06/04/2013 as not defined knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared at kb.isc.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-3919 since 06/04/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78601 (Mac OS X : OS X Server < 4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 15089 (ISC BIND 9.6-ESV-R9-P1 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 9.9.3-P1, 9.8.5-P1 or 9.6-ESV-R9-P1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (78601). The entries 4443, 72122 and 72121 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 78601
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : OS X Server < 4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (POODLE)
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OpenVAS ID: 866433
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2013-13831
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Upgrade: BIND 9.9.3-P1/9.8.5-P1/9.6-ESV-R9-P1

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Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: kb.isc.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-3919 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 39898 - ISC BIND Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via Certain Recursive Resolver Queries, High
SecurityFocus: 60338 - ISC BIND CVE-2013-3919 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 53709 - ISC BIND Recursive Query Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 93913

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2013 16:35
Updated: 05/14/2021 10:47
Changes: 06/07/2013 16:35 (83), 05/01/2017 11:59 (3), 05/14/2021 10:47 (3)
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