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CVE-2010-3762 json

ISC BIND before 9.7.2-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly handle certain bad signatures if multiple trust anchors exis…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3741

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.1%
EPSS 8.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ISC BIND before 9.7.2-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly handle certain bad signatures if multiple trust anchors exist for a single zone, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query.

Patch / fix

  • bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.7.2.dfsg.P2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3762

  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
  • bind-libs RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
  • bind-utils RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
  • bind-chroot RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
  • caching-nameserver RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0976

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3762 updated cvss 4.3

Bind: DoS (assertion failure) via a DNS query with bad signatures

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-sdb 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-libs 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-utils 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-chroot 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-sdb 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-libs 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-utils 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-chroot 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0976
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 bind Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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