CVE-2014-0591
Public on 2014-01-14
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled queries for NSEC3-signed zones. A remote attacker could use this flaw against an authoritative name server that served NCES3-signed zones by sending a specially crafted query, which, when processed, would cause named to crash.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | bind | 2014-02-03 | ALAS-2014-287 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |