CVE-2012-1667

N/A Unknown
Published: June 05, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00005.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00010.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134132772016230&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1110.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2486
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:089
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53772
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00698
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134132772016230&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1110.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2486
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:089
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53772
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00698
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.4%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

isc

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