CVE-2009-0696
The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit)…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 12.65% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 July 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- isc/bind
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 12.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-013.txt.asc
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p535243_uw7/p535243b.txt
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory.asc
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36035
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36053
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36063
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36192
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39334
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-264828-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020788.1-1
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/08/up2date_7505_released.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0113
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725188US Government Resource
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata44.html#014_bind
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505403/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022613
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561499
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-808-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2036
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2171
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.