Check Point Advisories

ISC BIND Regular Expression Handling Denial of Service (CVE-2013-2266)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1670
Date Published:	30 Jun 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 07 January, 2025
Source:	CVE-2013-2266
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ISC BIND 9.7.x ISC BIND 9.8.0 prior to 9.8.5b1 ISC BIND 9.9.0 prior to 9.9.3b1
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in ISC BIND.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ISC BIND Regular Expression Handling Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: DNS Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: ISC BIND Regular Expression Handling Denial of Service