Unscored severity · published Oct 10, 2012
CVE-2012-5166
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
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CVSS
32.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon hang) via unspecified combinations of resource records.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)32.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
9.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5166
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5166
aix.software.ibm.com
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind9_advisory5.asc
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090346.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090491.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090586.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00011.html
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