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CVE-2013-5661

Publication date 5 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Cache Poisoning issue exists in DNS Response Rate Limiting.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

This appears to be about the tradeoff of providing service to clients and preventing the massive DDoS attacks using high-speed DNS servers. This seems like an unfixable issue.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N