THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-5689
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-5689

Bind vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
ISC BIND 9.8.x through 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x through 9.9.2-P1, in certain configurations involving DNS64 with a Response Policy Zone that lacks an AAAA rewrite rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for an AAAA record.
Affected vendor
Isc
Affected product
Bind
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2013-01-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-5689

  • Confirm whether Isc Bind is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-5689.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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