CVE-2006-0987 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via traffic amplification using spoofed DNS queries against default caching name server configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0987?
CVE-2006-0987 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 3 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0987?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0987?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-0987 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0987 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0987, GHSA-rmj9-c82h-2f4h.