CVE-2012-3817
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3817
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| isc | bind | 9.4 | |
| isc | bind | 9.4.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.4.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.4.2 | |
| isc | bind | 9.4.3 | |
| isc | bind | 9.5 | |
| isc | bind | 9.5.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.5.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.5.2 | |
| isc | bind | 9.5.3 | |
| isc | bind | 9.6.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.6.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.6.2 | |
| isc | bind | 9.6.3 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.2 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.3 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.4 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.5 | |
| isc | bind | 9.7.6 | |
| isc | bind | 9.8.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.8.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.8.2 | |
| isc | bind | 9.8.3 | |
| isc | bind | 9.9.0 | |
| isc | bind | 9.9.1 | |
| isc | bind | 9.6 | |
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3817
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.