8.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.898 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.7%
ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:isc:bind";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806080");
script_version("2023-07-25T05:05:58+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8500");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-25 05:05:58 +0000 (Tue, 25 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-07 15:17:54 +0530 (Wed, 07 Oct 2015)");
script_name("ISC BIND Delegation Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_isc_bind_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("isc/bind/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01216");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists because ISC BIND does not handle
delegation chaining properly.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to cause a denial of service for clients.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ISC BIND versions 9.0.x through 9.8.x,
9.9.0 through 9.9.6, and 9.10.0 through 9.10.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to ISC BIND version 9.9.6-p1 or
9.10.1-p1 or later for branches of BIND (9.9 and 9.10).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_full( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.8.6" ) ) {
fix = "9.9.6-P1";
VULN = TRUE;
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"9.9.0", test_version2:"9.9.6" ) ) {
fix = "9.9.6-P1";
VULN = TRUE;
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"9.10.0", test_version2:"9.10.1" ) ) {
fix = "9.10.1-P1";
VULN = TRUE;
}
if( VULN ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:fix, install_path:location );
security_message( data:report, port:port, proto:proto );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );