CVE-2012-1033

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The resolver in ISC BIND 9 through 9.8.1-P1 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

Affected products

ISC BIND: 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3 (+66)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135638082529878&w=2
http://osvdb.org/78916
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47884
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542123
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51898
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026647
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73053
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136456
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136477
https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1033
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135638082529878&w=2

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