BIND 4 and BIND 8, when resolving recursive DNS queries for arbitrary hosts, allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning via a birthday attack that uses a large number of open queries for the same resource record (RR) combined with spoofed responses, which increases the possibility of successfully spoofing a response in a way that is more efficient than brute force methods
Published May 23, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.31%
Description
BIND 4 and BIND 8, when resolving recursive DNS queries for arbitrary hosts, allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning via a birthday attack that uses a large number of open queries for the same resource record (RR) combined with spoofed responses, which increases the possibility of successfully spoofing a response in a way that is more efficient than brute force methods.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.9
- 4.9.2
- 4.9.3
- 4.9.4
- 4.9.5
- 4.9.5
- 4.9.6
- 4.9.7
- 4.9.8
- 4.9.9
- 4.9.10
- 8.2
- 8.2.1
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.2
- 8.2.3
- 8.2.4
- 8.2.5
- 8.2.6
- 8.2.7
- 8.3.0
- 8.3.1
- 8.3.2
- 8.3.3
- 8.3.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.31% (0.08311) | 94.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.16% (0.08160) | 94.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.48% (0.02484) | 84.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.43% (0.09434) | 94.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.94% (0.01937) | 89.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01937) | 87.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 2.00% (0.02000) | 87.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 1.99% (0.01986) | 86.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.93% (0.01933) | 86.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 89.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 88.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.71% (0.04711) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20217 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.imconf.net/imw-2002/imw2002-papers/198.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457875 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDPYP x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDT4U x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FZSLQ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.rnp.br/cais/alertas/2002/cais-ALR-19112002a.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434523/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1923 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20217 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.imconf.net/imw-2002/imw2002-papers/198.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457875 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDPYP | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDT4U | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FZSLQ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.rnp.br/cais/alertas/2002/cais-ALR-19112002a.html | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434523/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1923 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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