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CVE-2012-1667

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6...

8.5 HighFix available

CVE-2012-1667 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Isc Bind, published June 5, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
13.3%EPSS, 96th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1bind9 +76 more

Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Exploit likelihood

13.3%Down 4.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind9
Debian:12
before 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
bind9
Debian:13
before 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
bind9
Debian:14
before 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.1
bind9
Debian:6.0
before 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5, plus listed versions
1:9.7.2.dfsg.P3-1.11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze1~bpo50+11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze21:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze2~bpo50+11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze31:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze3~bpo50+11:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze4
1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-libbind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
caching-nameserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-libbind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
caching-nameserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind-sdb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
32:9.7.3-8.P3.el6_2.3
bind97
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-chroot
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind97-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
32:9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.1
bind
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-chroot
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-libs
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-utils
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::as
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-chroot
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-devel
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-libs
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind-utils
Red Hat:rhel_els:4::es
before 20:9.2.4-39.el4
20:9.2.4-39.el4
bind
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 9.10.3P4-21.1
9.10.3P4-21.1

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.5

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
CVE-2012-1667
CVSS 2.0
8.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
CVE-2012-1667
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1677No score

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
EUVD-2012-1677
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8wqw-72q7-h4q9No score

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6...

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
GHSA-8wqw-72q7-h4q9
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
CVE-2012-1667
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1667No score

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted record.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1667
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1No score

bind-9.10.3P4-21.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the bind-9.10.3P4-21.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0011-2No score

Security update for bind

This update fixes a DoS vulnerability in bind when handling malformed NSEC3-signed zones. CVE-2014-0591 has been assigned to this issue.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2014-0591
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0011-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0480-1No score

Security update for bind

This update fixes a DoS vulnerability in bind when handling malformed NSEC3-signed zones. CVE-2014-0591 has been assigned to this issue.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2014-0591
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0591>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0480-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
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