Numeric Errors Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
90.38% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-518626
  • published5 Jun 2012
  • disclosed5 Jun 2012

Introduced: 5 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-1667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9 package and not the bind9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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