CVE-2013-3919 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND recursive resolvers by sending queries for malformed zones, requiring the resolver to be configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-3919?
CVE-2013-3919 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 6 Jun 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3919?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3919 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-3919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as GHSA-34ff-v4jj-rwc7.