National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0696
Original release date:07/29/2009
Last revised:12/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#725188
Name: VU#725188
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://www.isc.org/node/474
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8119
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-3316
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2247
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2171
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2088
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2036
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-808-1
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-210-01
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022613
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090729 rPSA-2009-0113-1 bind bind-utils
External Source: OPENBSD
Name: [4.4] 014: RELIABILITY FIX: July 29, 2009
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0113
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/08/up2date_7505_released.html
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 264828
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37471
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36192
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36098
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36086
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36063
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36056
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36053
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36050
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36038
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36035
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538975
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory.asc
External Source: NETBSD
Name: NetBSD-SA2009-013