CVE-2012-5689
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
ISC BIND 9.8.x through 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x through 9.9.2-P1, in certain configurations involving DNS64 with a Response Policy Zone that lacks an AAAA rewrite rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for an AAAA record.
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
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1 |
References
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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