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CVE-2007-2241 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in query.c in ISC BIND 9.4.0, and 9.5.0a1 through 9.5.0a3, when recursion is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a sequence of queries processed by the query_addsoa function.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Impact

Successful exploitation requires that "recursion" is enabled.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/03/2007)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of BIND as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718460 US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:100
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23738
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017985
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1593
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33988

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2241
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
CERT/CC