CVE-2012-1667

bind: handling of zero length rdata can cause named to terminate unexpectedly

Published Jun 5, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 8.5 High EPSS 13.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2486-1 bind9 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1462-1 Bind vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.41123}

epss

{'score': 0.39738}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:01 PM
Reserved
Mar 15, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 5, 2012, 4:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:40 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jun 4, 2012, 12:00 AM