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CVE-2012-3817
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,…
High7.8EPSS 23.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.7% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- SSA:2012-341-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 51096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1027296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-2517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0969 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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