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CVE-2013-2266

Published: 26 March 2013

libdns in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P2, 9.8.5 before 9.8.5b2, 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P2, and 9.9.3 before 9.9.3b2 on UNIX platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a named process.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
No patch will be provided for 9.7. The suggested workaround is
re-compile without regex support.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
bind9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (9.8.4-P2, 9.9.2-P2)
hardy Not vulnerable
(1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.12)
lucid
Released (1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.9)
oneiric
Released (1:9.7.3.dfsg-1ubuntu4.6)
precise
Released (1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.6)
quantal
Released (1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.2)