CVE-2007-0494
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctlDescription
ISC BIND 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.0 up to 9.2.7, 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exit) via a type * (ANY) DNS query response that contains multiple RRsets, which triggers an assertion error, aka the "DNSSEC Validation" vulnerability.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2507
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2537
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-003.txt.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01070495
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0016.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519300764&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24048
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017573
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.494157
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102969-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-125.htm
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95618
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95619
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96144
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96324
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1254
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.2.8
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.3.4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:030
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0044.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0057.html
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