CVE-2012-5166

Summary

CVECVE-2012-5166
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-10 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon hang) via unspecified combinations of resource records.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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 9.2.0 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 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 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 9.6.0 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 9.7.6 p1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.7.6 p3 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 All 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 9.8.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.8.3 p3 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
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.9.1 p3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA51106 - IBM AIX BIND Record Handling Lockup Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA50956 - Ubuntu update for bind - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA51096 - HP-UX update for BIND - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2560-1 bind9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20564.www2.hpe.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.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
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind9_advisory5.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
IBM IV30247: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 6100-08 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1390-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: bind-9.9.2-2.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2012-5166: Specially crafted DNS data can cause a lockup in named | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1372-1: important: bind: Specially af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA50903 - Red Hat update for bind97 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:162 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: dnsperf-2.0.0.0-2.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM IV30365: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 6100-07 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
CVE-2012-5166 Denial of Service vulnerability in ISC BIND (Third Party Vulnerability Resolution Blog) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.oracle.com
IBM IV30364: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 6100-06 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
Security Advisory SA51054 - Debian update for bind9 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Specially Crafted DNS Data Can Cause a Lockup in named | Internet Systems Consortium af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.isc.org
osvdb.org/86118 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA50909 - Red Hat update for bind - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM IV30368: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 5300-12 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM IV30367: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 7100-01 - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
IV30185: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 7100-02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
Security Advisory SA51078 - Oracle Solaris BIND Record Handling Lockup Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: bind-9.9.2-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IV30366: AIX BIND VULNERABILITY CVE-2012-5166 APPLIES TO AIX 7100-00 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
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