CVE-2012-5688 Denial of service in n/a
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5688 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-5688 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5688/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND via crafted queries when DNS64 is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-5688?
CVE-2012-5688 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ISC BIND 9.8.x before 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x before 9.9.2-P1, when DNS64 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5688?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (28)
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-chroot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-sdb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
bind-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.6 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Isc Bind.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5688?
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-2012-5688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5688, GHSA-vf43-m8wx-8xfh, RHSA-2012:1549.