# CVE-2010-3613: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the ISC BIND DNS daemon by sending queries for cached signed negative responses, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3613, GHSA-7hh4-vqqp-5g89, RHSA-2010:1000

## What is CVE-2010-3613?

CVE-2010-3613 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 3 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

named in ISC BIND 9.6.2 before 9.6.2-P3, 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R3, and 9.7.x before 9.7.2-P3 does not properly handle the combination of signed negative responses and corresponding RRSIG records in the cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a query for cached data.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3613?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bind` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-chroot` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-libs` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-utils` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-chroot` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-libs` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-utils` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-chroot` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-libs` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-utils` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-chroot` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-libs` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |
| `bind-utils` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 20:9.2.4-30.el4_8.6 |

Products: Isc Bind.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3613?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-3613 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3613 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind

- [CVE-2008-0122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0122/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0010/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0013/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1029/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3613 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3613 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 3 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3613 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Isc Bind. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3613/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3613/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3613
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3613
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3613

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3613/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.