ISC BIND before 9.7.2-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly handle…
Priority LOW 31CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.08086 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2010:0976 Released 2010-12-13 · Red Hat rating Importantbind security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3.i386, bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3.ia64 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3.i386, bind-libs-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3 +5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-chroot-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3, bind-chroot-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3.i386 +6
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0976 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0976 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0976 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-3762
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hv8v-8gq8-6q29
References
Advisory 3
Other 5
- [security-announce] 20110307 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm
- ADV-2011-0606
- http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.2-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.7.2-P2.html
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124923
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
More ISC Bind vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-07476 A second vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-06910 A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-02320 buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2010-3762 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-3762 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hv8v-8gq8-6q29 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2010-3762 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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