CVE-2012-3817
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3817 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-07-25 10:42:35 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2; 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2; 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2; and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.4.3 | All | 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 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.1 | All | 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 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.5.3 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6 | r5_p1 | 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_p1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.0 | All | 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 | 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 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.6.3 | All | 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 | 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 | 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 | 9.7.6 | p1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | a1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | b1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | p1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | p2 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | p4 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | b1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | b2 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | b3 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | p1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.1 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.2 | b1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.2 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.2 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.8.3 | p1 | 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 |
| Application | Isc | Bind | 9.9.1 | p1 | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Advisory SA51096 - HP-UX update for BIND - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| BIND DNSSEC Validation Cache Failure Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2012:0969-1: moderate: bind: Fixed a remote denial of servic | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2012:0971-1: moderate: bind: update to fix a remote denial o | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE-2012-3817: Heavy DNSSEC Validation Load Can Cause a "Bad Cache" Assertion Failure in BIND9 | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.isc.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2517-1 bind9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| USN-1518-1: Bind vulnerability | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.slackware.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.