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CVE-2014-0591

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8...

2.6 LowFix available

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Exploit likelihood

32.7%Up 6.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.6

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
CVE-2014-0591
CVSS 2.0
2.6 LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
CVE-2014-0591
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0622 No score

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
EUVD-2014-0622
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c7r2-3x52-rjcm No score

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8...

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
GHSA-c7r2-3x52-rjcm
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
CVE-2014-0591
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-0591 No score

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0591
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2014-0013 No score

Updated bind package fixes security vulnerability

Updated bind packages fix security vulnerability:

Because of a defect in handling queries for NSEC3-signed zones, BIND can crash with an "INSIST" failure in name.c when processing queries possessing certain properties. By exploiting this defect an attacker deliberately constructing a query with the right properties could achieve denial of service against an authoritative nameserver serving NSEC3-signed zones (CVE-2014-0591).

Record
MGASA-2014-0013
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1 No score

bind-9.10.3P4-21.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the bind-9.10.3P4-21.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0011-2 No score

Security update for bind

This update fixes a DoS vulnerability in bind when handling malformed NSEC3-signed zones. CVE-2014-0591 has been assigned to this issue.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2014-0591
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0011-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0480-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update fixes a DoS vulnerability in bind when handling malformed NSEC3-signed zones. CVE-2014-0591 has been assigned to this issue.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2014-0591
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0480-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1205-1 No score

Security update for bind

This update fixes a DoS vulnerability in bind when handling malformed NSEC3-signed zones. CVE-2014-0591 has been assigned to this issue.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2014-0591
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1205-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind9
Debian:12
 before 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
bind9
Debian:13
 before 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
bind9
Debian:14
 before 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
1:9.9.5.dfsg-2
bind9
Debian:6.0
 before 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze12, plus listed versions
1:9.7.2.dfsg.P3-1.11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze101:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze111:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze1~bpo50+1
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1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze21:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze2~bpo50+11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze31:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze3~bpo50+11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze41:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze51:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze61:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze71:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze81:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze9
1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze12
bind9
Debian:7
 before 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2, plus listed versions
1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu21:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u11:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u1~bpo60+11:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2~bpo60+1
1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2
bind
Mageia:3
 before 9.9.4.P2-1.mga3
9.9.4.P2-1.mga3
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
32:9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1
bind97
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind97-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
32:9.7.0-21.P2.el5
bind
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 9.10.3P4-21.1
9.10.3P4-21.1

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-0591 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.6) in Isc Bind, published January 14, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.7%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2.

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