| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bind9 (PTS) | bullseye | 1:9.16.48-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:9.16.50-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:9.18.24-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 1:9.18.28-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.20.0-1 | fixed |
| isc-dhcp (PTS) | bullseye | 4.4.1-2.3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.4.1-2.3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.4.3-P1-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.3-P1-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| bind9 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| isc-dhcp | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00730
- bind9 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, only affects 9.9.x)
- isc-dhcp <not-affected> (embeds bind 9.8.x; this issue only affects 9.9.x)