CVE-2013-4854
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 34.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4699)
- Published
- July 29, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4699 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- hp / hp-ux
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
- isc / bind
and 59 more…
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1320 - historical
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-08/0030.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1244
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113108.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113251.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00004.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00018.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1114.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1115.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54134(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54185(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54207(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54211(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54323(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54432(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2728
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:07.bind.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:202(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61479
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028838
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1910-1
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-210/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86004
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03922396(Vendor Advisory)
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01015(Vendor Advisory)
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01016(Vendor Advisory)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10052
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19561
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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