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CVE-2006-4096

BIND before 9.2.6-P1 and 9.3.x before 9.3.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of recursive queries, which cause an INSIST failure when the response is received after the recursion queue is empty.

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
6 Sept 2006
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
8.3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 95% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
BIND 9Servers and applications · cpe:a:isc:bind
  • Version 9.3.2
  • Version 9.3.1
  • Version 9.3
  • Version 9.2.6
All 10 release lines
  • Version 9.2.0
  • Version 9.2.1
  • Version 9.2.2
  • Version 9.2.3
  • Version 9.2.4
  • Version 9.2.5
  • Version 9.2.6
  • Version 9.3
  • Version 9.3.1
  • Version 9.3.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4096
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4096