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CVE-2014-3214

MEDIUM · 5.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2014-05-09
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The prefetch implementation in named in ISC BIND 9.10.0, when a recursive nameserver is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS query that triggers a response with unspecified attributes.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The prefetch implementation in ISC BIND 9.10.0's named daemon contains a vulnerability where specially crafted DNS queries that trigger responses with certain unspecified attributes cause a REQUIRE assertion failure, resulting in daemon exit and denial of service. This occurs specifically when recursive nameserver functionality is enabled.

MitigationUpgrade to a patched version of BIND 9.10.0 or later; if immediate patching is not possible, disable recursive query service if business requirements permit, or implement query rate limiting as a temporary workaround.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
BindApplication
Affected:= 9.10.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed BIND version
    Run 'named -v' or 'bind -v' to retrieve the exact version of the BIND daemon
    Affected if Version is exactly 9.10.0
  2. Confirm named daemon is running
    Check process status with 'ps aux | grep named' or 'systemctl status named' depending on your system
    Affected if The named process is active
  3. Verify recursive nameserver functionality is enabled
    Inspect your named.conf configuration file for 'recursion yes;' or 'allow-recursion { ... };' directives
    Affected if Recursion is explicitly enabled in the configuration; if 'recursion no;' is set, the vulnerability does not apply

You are affected if BIND version 9.10.0 is installed, the named daemon is running, and recursive query handling is enabled in the configuration.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to a patched version of BIND 9.10.0 or later; if immediate patching is not possible, disable recursive query service if business requirements permit, or implement query rate limiting as a temporary workaround.

Fix this in Bind Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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