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title: "CVE-2010-3762\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3762

Publication date 5 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

ISC BIND before 9.7.2-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not
properly handle certain bad signatures if multiple trust anchors exist for
a single zone, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(daemon crash) via a DNS query.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3762?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bind9 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.7 |
| 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)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

redhat released updates with change 2869 as fixing it.
isc.org says this is a minor issue, setting to "low"

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3762)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3762)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3762)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3762)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1139-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1139-1)
+ Bind vulnerabilities
+ 30 May 2011

### Other references

* <http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.2-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.7.2-P2.html>
* <http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2010-3762>
* <http://www.isc.org/community/blog/201010/standardizing-severity-security-vulnerabilities>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3762>
