HIGH
bind: named crash with an assertion failure on parsing malformed rdata
Published Jul 26, 2013
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 34.15%
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.
Affected products
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Configuration 1
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- 9.7.0
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Configuration 2
AND
OR
- 11.0
- 11.0
- 11
Running on/with
- 11
Configuration 3
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- 9.9.3
- 9.9.4
Configuration 5
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- 9.9.0
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Configuration 6
Configuration 7
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- 1.0
- 5.0
Configuration 8
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- 5
- 6.0
Configuration 9
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- 9.8.0
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Configuration 10
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Configuration 12
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- 12.1
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- 13.37
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
bind97-32:9.7.0-17.P2.el5_9.2
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
bind-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
bind
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
bind
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bind97-32:9.7.0-17.P2.el5_9.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1115 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | bind-32:9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1114 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | bind | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | bind | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It does affect the versions of bind97 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and the versions of bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
34.15% 0.34150
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.34150
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (46 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 34.15% (0.34150) | 98.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 34.15% (0.34150) | 98.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 18, 2026 | 51.15% (0.51147) | 97.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 40.11% (0.40108) | 97.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 40.11% (0.40108) | 97.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 40.11% (0.40108) | 97.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 59.83% (0.59827) | 98.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 40.11% (0.40108) | 97.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 40.11% (0.40108) | 97.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 46.66% (0.46664) | 97.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 59.83% (0.59827) | 98.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 25, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 59.83% (0.59827) | 98.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 53.70% (0.53697) | 97.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 70.18% (0.70184) | 98.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 65.17% (0.65170) | 98.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 51.57% (0.51569) | 97.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 70.18% (0.70184) | 98.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 57.84% (0.57835) | 98.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 70.18% (0.70184) | 98.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 57.84% (0.57835) | 98.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 70.64% (0.70645) | 98.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 58.43% (0.58433) | 98.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 70.64% (0.70645) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 58.43% (0.58433) | 98.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 17, 2025 | 70.64% (0.70645) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 14, 2025 | 79.35% (0.79353) | 99.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 11, 2025 | 70.67% (0.70668) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 4, 2025 | 79.35% (0.79353) | 99.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 70.67% (0.70668) | 98.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 79.35% (0.79353) | 99.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 92.30% (0.92298) | 99.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 94.54% (0.94536) | 99.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 95.34% (0.95342) | 99.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 95.47% (0.95474) | 99.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 95.80% (0.95801) | 99.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.90% (0.96902) | 99.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 26.38% (0.26383) | 97.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 26.38% (0.26383) | 95.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (34)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028838 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 26, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 16, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4854
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a