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CVE-2014-8500 in the critical feed json

ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attack…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8337

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
59.0%
EPSS 59.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.8.x, 9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and named crash) via a large or infinite number of referrals.

Patch / fix

  • bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.9.5.dfsg-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8500

  • bind9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8500

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • bind97 RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1
  • bind97-libs RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1
  • bind97-utils RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1
  • bind97-chroot RHEL 5 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1
  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2
  • bind RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1
  • bind RHEL 7 32:9.9.4-14.el7_0.1
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0078RHSA-2014:1985RHSA-2014:1984

  • bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.10.3P4-21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8500 updated cvss 5.0

bind: delegation handling denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind97 9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.1, bind-sdb 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-libs 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-utils 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, bind-chroot 9.3.6-25.P1.el5_11.2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1984
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) bind 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0078
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1984
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.4) bind 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) bind 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0078
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.30.rc1.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-sdb 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-libs 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-utils 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-chroot 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, bind-license 9.9.4-14.el7_0.1, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1984

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Exploit prediction

58.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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