CVE-2012-1033
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
The resolver in ISC BIND 9 through 9.8.1-P1 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135638082529878&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/78916
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47884
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542123
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51898
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026647
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73053
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136456
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136477
- https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1033
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