CVE-2012-5689

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    CVE-2012-5689

    Published: 25 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ISC BIND 9.8.x through 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x through 9.9.2-P1, in certain configurations involving DNS64 with a Response Policy Zone that lacks an AAAA rewrite rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for an AAAA record.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0550.html, http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-5689, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2693-1, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00855/

    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