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FreeBSD: dns/bind9* -- Malicious Regex Can Cause Memory Exhaustion (CVE-2013-2266)

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FreeBSD: dns/bind9* -- Malicious Regex Can Cause Memory Exhaustion (CVE-2013-2266)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/28/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/08/2014
Modified
05/08/2014

Description

libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind98
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind98-base
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind99
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind99-base

Related Vulnerabilities

  • APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1
  • CVE - 2013-2266
  • DSA-2656
  • OVAL19579
  • RHSA-2013:0689
  • RHSA-2013:0690

References

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind98
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind98-base
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind99
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind99-base

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