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Cent OS: CVE-2012-5688: CESA-2012:1549 (bind)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-5688: CESA-2012:1549 (bind)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/06/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

ISC BIND 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P1, when DNS64 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-bind
  • centos-upgrade-bind-chroot
  • centos-upgrade-bind-devel
  • centos-upgrade-bind-libs
  • centos-upgrade-bind-sdb
  • centos-upgrade-bind-utils

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