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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-3919: BIND: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-3919: BIND: Denial of service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/06/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind

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