CVE-2012-3817

Public on 2012-07-25

Modified on 2014-09-14

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.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.0

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	bind	2012-08-03 15:55	ALAS-2012-113

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-3817 Mitre: CVE-2012-3817 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity