CVE-2012-5166

Description

ISC 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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 43.94% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30365 vendor advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30185 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1363.html vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50909 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50956 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/86118 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/50903 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51054 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1365.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090346.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30366 vendor advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30367 vendor advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30368 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51106 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51178 third party advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30247 vendor advisory
http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-5166
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:162 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51078 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1364.html vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00801 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090586.html vendor advisory
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind9_advisory5.asc
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2560 vendor advisory
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19706 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55852 vdb entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30364 vendor advisory
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_5166_denial_of
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090491.html vendor advisory
http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5166?
CVE-2012-5166 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5166?
To fix CVE-2012-5166, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-5166 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5166 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~44% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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