CVE-2006-0987

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0987
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-03 11:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of ISC BIND before 9.4.1-P1, when configured as a caching name server, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.368950000 probability, percentile 0.971600000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.3.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DNS · Surveys sponsored by Infoblox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dns.measurement-factory.com
404 - File Not Found | CISA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
What has changed in the behavior of "allow-recursion" and "allow-query-cache" | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org
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