CVE-2006-0987

Summary

The default configuration of ISC BIND before 9.4.1-P1, when configured as a caching name server, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdfPatch
• http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html
• http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded