CVE-2012-4244 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple versions of ISC BIND 9.x, including 9.7.x, 9.8.x, 9.9.x, and specific ESV releases. A remote attacker can trigger an assertion failure and cause the named daemon to exit by sending a query for a long resource record. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected DNS server. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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