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title: "CVE-2012-1192\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1192

Publication date 17 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The resolver in Unbound before 1.4.11 overwrites cached server names and
TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record
query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of
revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| unbound | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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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-2012-1192)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1192)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1192)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1192)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1192>
