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title: "CVE-2006-0987\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-0987

Publication date 3 March 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The default configuration of ISC BIND before 9.4.1-P1, when configured as a
caching name server, allows recursive queries and provides additional
delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS
queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bind9 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 9.3.4-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 9.3.2-2ubuntu3.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0987)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0987)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0987)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0987)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0987>