Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0987
CVE-2006-0987
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.
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