CVE-2012-5688
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
ISC BIND 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P1, when DNS64 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1549.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1657-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00828
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5688
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.