CVE-2012-5689
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 12.1%EU EUVD
ISC BIND 9.8.x through 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x through 9.9.2-P1, in certain configurations involving DNS64 with a Response Policy Zone that lacks an AAAA rewrite rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for an AAAA record.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 12.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5572)
- Published
- January 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5572 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- isc / bind
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- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux hpc node
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server aus
- redhat / enterprise linux server eus
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0550.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-5689(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2693-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00855/(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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