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title: "CVE-2012-5689\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5689

Publication date 25 January 2013

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 9.8.x through 9.8.4-P1 and 9.9.x through 9.9.2-P1, in certain
configurations involving DNS64 with a Response Policy Zone that lacks an
AAAA rewrite rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for an AAAA record.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5689?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bind9 | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.12 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5689?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

uncommon setup: must be using RPZ rewrite rules and also be
using DNS64. Setting priority as "low"

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| bind9 | * Vendor:   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699145> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5689)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5689)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5689)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5689)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2693-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2693-1)
+ Bind vulnerabilities
+ 28 July 2015

### Other references

* <https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00855/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5689>