Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-3868
CVE-2012-3868
Description
Race condition in the ns_client structure management in ISC BIND 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process exit) via a large volume of TCP queries.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:a3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=9.9, <9.9.1-P2
Patches
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References
2- kb.isc.org/article/AA-00730nvdVendor Advisory
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
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