CVE-2012-1667

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    CVE-2012-1667

    Published: 5 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1110.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/51096, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2486, http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:089, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00698, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00010.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134132772016230&w=2, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53772, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004, https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High