CVE-2006-0987
mediumpriority · attend · 50OT risk · highEPSS 0.579 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
The default configuration of ISC BIND before 9.4.1-P1, when configured as a caching name server, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.
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exploits (2)
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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references (8)
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- http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.htmlnvd
- http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdfPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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