CVE-2012-1667
bind9 - denial of service
EPSS 53.2%
Description
ISC 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.
How to fix CVE-2012-1667
To remediate CVE-2012-1667, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/bind9—upgrade to 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1 or later
- Debian/bind9—upgrade to 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5 or later
Is CVE-2012-1667 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 53.2%, placing CVE-2012-1667 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
- from 0, < 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5