CVE-2006-4096 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the BIND DNS server by flooding it with recursive queries, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-4096?
CVE-2006-4096 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 6 Sep 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BIND before 9.2.6-P1 and 9.3.x before 9.3.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of recursive queries, which cause an INSIST failure when the response is received after the recursion queue is empty.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4096?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4096?
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-2006-4096 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4096 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4096, GHSA-qwch-fhfg-fr39.