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CVE-2014-8680

bind: flaws in GeoIP leading to a denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 8, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The GeoIP functionality in ISC BIND 9.10.0 through 9.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named exit) via vectors related to (1) the lack of GeoIP databases for both IPv4 and IPv6, or (2) IPv6 support with certain options.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of bind or bind97 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion