CVE-2012-3817 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of ISC BIND (9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x, 9.9.x, and 9.6-ESV) when DNSSEC validation is enabled. Attackers can trigger an assertion failure and daemon exit by sending numerous queries due to improper initialization of the failing-query cache. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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