CVE-2013-4854

EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

ISC BIND <9.8.5-P2,9.8.6b1,9.9.x <9.9.3-P2,9.9.4b1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2013-4854 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io).

Description

The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco BIND 9.9.3-S1 before 9.9.3-S1-P1 and 9.9.4-S1b1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query with a malformed RDATA section that is not properly handled during construction of a log message, as exploited in the wild in July 2013.

References (29)

Core 29
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-210/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01015
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54134
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:202
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54185
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:07.bind.asc
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01016
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19561
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54207
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00018.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86004
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0030.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1114.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61479
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54323
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54211
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1910-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2728
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028838
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1115.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54432

Scores

EPSS 0.5115
EPSS Percentile 97.9%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2013-07-26
InTheWild.io 2019-04-22
Status published
Products (20)
fedoraproject/fedora 18
fedoraproject/fedora 19
freebsd/freebsd 8.0
freebsd/freebsd 8.1
freebsd/freebsd 8.2
freebsd/freebsd 8.3
freebsd/freebsd 8.4
freebsd/freebsd 9.0
freebsd/freebsd 9.1 (3 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 9.2 prerelease (3 CPE variants)
... and 10 more
Published Jul 29, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026