Description
The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message.
Published: 2009-07-29
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 33.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1847-1 New bind9 packages fix denial of service
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-808-1 Bind vulnerability
References
Link Providers
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-013.txt.asc cve-icon cve-icon
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p535243_uw7/p535243b.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538975 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36035 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36038 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36050 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36053 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36056 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36063 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36086 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36098 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36192 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39334 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-264828-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020788.1-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/08/up2date_7505_released.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0113 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725188 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openbsd.org/errata44.html#014_bind cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505403/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022613 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561499 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-808-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2036 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2088 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2247 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0696 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10414 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12245 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7806 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0696 cve-icon
https://www.isc.org/node/474 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01265.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message, as exploited in the wild in July 2009. The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-23T16:54:59.464Z

Reserved: 2009-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0696

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-29T17:30:00.920

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0696

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0696 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses