BIND before 9.2.6-P1 and 9.3.x before 9.3.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of recursive…

Description

BIND before 9.2.6-P1 and 9.3.x before 9.3.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of recursive queries, which cause an INSIST failure when the response is received after the recursion queue is empty.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.3% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (41)

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• OpenPKG-SA-2006.019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FreeBSD-SA-06:20.bind (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
• HPSBOV03226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 20060908 rPSA-2006-0166-1 bind bind-utils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• SSRT071304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060905-00590.pdf?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 21786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• IY89178 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 25402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-343-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 21838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19859 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 21816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• IY89169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
• 21912 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21926 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [3.9] 20060908 010: SECURITY FIX: September 8, 2006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3511 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SSA:2006-257-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• VU#697164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• DSA-1172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• bind-recursive-insist-dos(28744) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 21828 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1016794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 24950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200609-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:57 UTC.