CVE-2012-1667

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1667
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-05 16:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionISC 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc10 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc8 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc9 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc8 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.6 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.8 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.9 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.9 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 b4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.1 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.3 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.5 p2_w1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.3.6 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r4-p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r5-b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r5-p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 r5-rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 p2_w1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 p5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 a7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 p2_w1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 p2_w2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 p4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r4_p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r5_b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r5_p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r6_b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r6_rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r6_rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r7_p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r7_p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r9 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6 r9_p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.4 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.5 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2012-1667: Handling of zero length rdata can cause named to terminate unexpectedly | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#381699 - ISC BIND 9 zero length rdata named vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0722-1: important: bind: Fixed a re af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51096 - HP-UX update for BIND - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Handling of zero length rdata can cause named to terminate unexpectedly | Internet Systems Consortium af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:089 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0741-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02795 SSRT100878 rev.1 - HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISC BIND 9 DNS Resource Records Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2486-1 bind9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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