# CVE-2012-5166: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-10-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P4, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P4, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P4, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon hang) via unspecified combinations of resource records.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30365
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30185
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1363.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50956
- http://osvdb.org/86118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50903
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51054
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1365.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00013.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090346.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00011.html
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30366
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30367
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51178
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV30247
- http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-5166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:162
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51078

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