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CVE-2012-4244 in the critical feed json

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote atta…

published 2012-09-14 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4188

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
35.2%
EPSS 35.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.

Patch / fix

  • isc bind 9.6-ESV-R7-P3, 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.1-P3
  • bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.8.4.dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4244

  • bind RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
  • bind-sdb RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
  • bind-libs RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
  • bind-utils RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
  • bind-chroot RHEL 6 32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
  • bind RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
  • bind-sdb RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
  • bind-libs RHEL 5 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1365RHSA-2012:1268RHSA-2012:1267RHSA-2012:1266

  • bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.10.3P4-21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10467-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4244 updated cvss 5.0

bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind97 9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.3, bind-sdb 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-libs 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-utils 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-chroot 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1267
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS) bind 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-41.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-sdb 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-libs 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-utils 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-chroot 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, caching-nameserver 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1267
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1268
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS) bind 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-libs 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-utils 9.2.4-41.el4, bind-chroot 9.2.4-41.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) bind 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-sdb 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-libs 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-utils 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3, bind-chroot 9.8.2-0.10.rc1.el6_3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1268
  • Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind97 9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.3, bind-sdb 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-libs 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-utils 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, bind-chroot 9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1267

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Exploit prediction

35.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Consolidate version constraints.