CVE-2012-3817

N/A Unknown
Published: July 25, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00013.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00015.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1122.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1123.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2517
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027296
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1518-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1122.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1123.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2517
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027296
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1518-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
27.4%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

isc

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