CVE-2006-0987

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2006-03-03
Bugzilla:
873618: CVE-2006-0987 bind: DDoS (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed IP addresses due to additional information delegation to arbitrary IP addresses

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2006-0987 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of bind as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 and version of bind97 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as in the default configuration the named service accept DNS queries only from localhost.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind Not affected

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