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CVE-2012-3817 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2012-3817

CVE-2012-3817

UNKNOWN

ISC BIND 9

Published Jul 25, 2012

Modified 1 years ago

Details

ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2; 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2; 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2; and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00013.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00015.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1122.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1123.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/51096

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2517

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027296

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1518-1

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3817

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

7.8

Exploitability

Access Vector

NetworkAV:N

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

CompleteA:C

7.8/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJul 25, 2012

ModifiedAug 6, 2024