National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4163
Original release date:09/22/2008
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.5-P2-W1, 9.4.2-P2-W1, and 9.5.0-P2-W1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UDP client handler termination) via unknown vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/01/1900)
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Not vulnerable. This flaw does not affect the version of BIND as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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External Source: XF
Name: iscbind-udp-dos(45234)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020901
External Source: BID
Name: 31252
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2637
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31924
Type: Advisory
External Source: MLIST
Name: [bind-announce] 20080919 BIND 9.5.0-P2-W2 is now available.
External Source: MLIST
Name: [bind-announce] 20080919 BIND 9.4.2-P2-W2 is now available.
External Source: MLIST
Name: [bind-announce] 20080919 BIND 9.3.5-P2-W2 is now available.