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CVE-2006-0987
Published: Mar 3, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html
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20060228 recursive DNS servers DDoS as a growing DDoS problem
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf
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