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CVE-2006-0987 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html	CVE
http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html	[email protected]
http://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00269	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
isc bind	9.3.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 3, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]