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CVE-2006-0987

N/A
Published: March 3, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 9, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBIND

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 58%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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