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title: "CVE-2014-0591\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0591

Publication date 13 January 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bind9 | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-4ubuntu1.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 1:9.9.2.dfsg.P1-2ubuntu2.2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.8 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.11 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0591)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0591)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0591)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2081-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2081-1)
+ Bind vulnerability
+ 13 January 2014

### Other references

* <http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0591>
* <https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01078>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0591>