Original 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.
Affected software
- BIND 9 = 9.6.0= 9.5.1= 9.0= 9.7.3= 9.2.3= 9.6 exact match
Details
- Published
- 2012-06-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C- CWE
- CWE-189
References
- cve.org/CVE-2012-1667
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1667
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00005.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00010.html
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134132772016230&w=2
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1110.html
- secunia.com/advisories/51096
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2486
- www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:089
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