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CVE-2007-0494 Detail

Current Description

ISC BIND 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.0 up to 9.2.7, 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exit) via a type * (ANY) DNS query response that contains multiple RRsets, which triggers an assertion error, aka the "DNSSEC Validation" vulnerability.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

Syccessful exploitation requires that the victim has enabled dnssec validation in named.conf by specifying trusted-keys.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2507 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2537 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-003.txt.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01070495 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519300764&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23943 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23944 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23972 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23974 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23977 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24014 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24048 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24129 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24203 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24648 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24930 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24950 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25482 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25649 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25715 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017573 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.494157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102969-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-125.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95618 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95619 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96144 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96324 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1254 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.2.8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.3.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:030 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0044.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0057.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22231 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-418-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2163 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31838 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-989 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11523 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-19 Data Processing Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0494
NVD Published Date:
01/25/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.