Vulnerability in Isc Bind
CVE-2014-8500
ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.590 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.578 · newest: 0.590 · change: +0.012
Affected products
- Isc Bind — versions 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-03.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62122 (third-party-advisory)
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2015-002.txt.asc (vendor-advisory)
- kb.isc.org/article/AA-01216/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62064 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8500?
- CVE-2014-8500 is a vulnerability in Isc Bind, classified under CWE-399. Published 2014-12-11.
- Is CVE-2014-8500 known to be exploited?
- 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.