bind9: denial of service

Package(s):

bind9

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-3817

Created:

July 26, 2012

Updated:

September 10, 2012

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Einar Lonn discovered that Bind incorrectly initialized the failing-query cache. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Alerts:

Oracle	ELSA-2014-1984	bind	2014-12-12
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2013:0605-1	bind	2013-04-03
Slackware	SSA:2012-341-01	bind	2012-12-06
Gentoo	201209-04	bind	2012-09-23
Mageia	MGASA-2012-0258	bind	2012-09-07
Mageia	MGASA-2012-0257	bind	2012-09-07
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-11146	bind	2012-08-09
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-11153	bind	2012-08-09
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1122	bind97	2012-07-31
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1123	bind	2012-07-31
Oracle	ELSA-2012-1123	bind	2012-07-31
Scientific Linux	SL-bind-20120731	bind	2012-07-31
Scientific Linux	SL-bind-20120731	bind97	2012-07-31
CentOS	CESA-2012:1123	bind	2012-07-31
CentOS	CESA-2012:1123	bind	2012-07-31
CentOS	CESA-2012:1122	bind97	2012-07-31
Debian	DSA-2517-1	bind9	2012-07-30
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1123-01	bind	2012-07-31
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1122-01	bind97	2012-07-31
Mandriva	MDVSA-2012:119	bind	2012-07-29
Ubuntu	USN-1518-1	bind9	2012-07-26
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0969-1	bind	2012-08-08
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0971-1	bind	2012-08-08