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CVE-2007-2241 (GCVE-0-2007-2241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-02 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:33
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in query.c in ISC BIND 9.4.0, and 9.5.0a1 through 9.5.0a3, when recursion is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a sequence of queries processed by the query_addsoa function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718460 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://secunia.com/advisories/25070 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23738 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://osvdb.org/34748 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1593 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2007-04-30 00:00
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      "id": "CVE-2007-2241",
      "initial_release_date": "2007-04-30T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "bind remote DoS",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2007/cve-2007-2241.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-10T01:27:29Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2007-2241",
      "id": "CVE-2007-2241",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:12:17Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2007-2241",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2007-2241.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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