Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-0494

Title: Isc Bind Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-0494.

CWE Category CWE-19

Published Date Jan 25, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

43.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-0494: ISC BIND 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.0 up to 9.2.7, 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exit) via a type * (ANY) DNS query response that contains multiple RRsets, which triggers an assertion error, aka the "DNSSEC Validation" vulnerability.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2507 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2537 http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-003.txt.asc http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01070495 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0016.html http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519300764&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/23904 http://secunia.com/advisories/23924 http://secunia.com/advisories/23943 http://secunia.com/advisories/23944 http://secunia.com/advisories/23972 http://secunia.com/advisories/23974 http://secunia.com/advisories/23977 http://secunia.com/advisories/24014 http://secunia.com/advisories/24048 http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 http://secunia.com/advisories/24083 http://secunia.com/advisories/24129 http://secunia.com/advisories/24203 http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 http://secunia.com/advisories/24648 http://secunia.com/advisories/24930 http://secunia.com/advisories/24950 http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 http://secunia.com/advisories/25482 http://secunia.com/advisories/25649 http://secunia.com/advisories/25715 http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1017573 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.494157 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102969-1 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-125.htm http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95618 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95619 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96144 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96324 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1254 http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.2.8 http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.3.4 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:030 http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.007.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0044.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0057.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22231 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-418-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2002 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2163 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2245 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31838 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-989 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11523 https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2507 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2537 http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-003.txt.asc http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01070495 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0016.html http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519300764&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/23904 http://secunia.com/advisories/23924 http://secunia.com/advisories/23943 http://secunia.com/advisories/23944 http://secunia.com/advisories/23972 http://secunia.com/advisories/23974 http://secunia.com/advisories/23977 http://secunia.com/advisories/24014 http://secunia.com/advisories/24048 http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 http://secunia.com/advisories/24083 http://secunia.com/advisories/24129 http://secunia.com/advisories/24203 http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 http://secunia.com/advisories/24648 http://secunia.com/advisories/24930 http://secunia.com/advisories/24950 http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 http://secunia.com/advisories/25482 http://secunia.com/advisories/25649 http://secunia.com/advisories/25715 http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1017573 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.494157 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102969-1 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-125.htm http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95618 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY95619 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96144 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY96324 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1254 http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.2.8 http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.3.4 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:030 http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.007.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0044.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0057.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22231 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-418-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2002 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2163 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2245 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31838 https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-989 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11523 https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-0494 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 25, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.