CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0527

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in BIND 4 and BIND 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileged access via a Kashpureff-style DNS cache corruption attack when the server is used as a target forwarder.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can redirect DNS traffic to malicious servers, leading to data interception, phishing, or further network compromise.

Recommendation

Upgrade BIND to version 9 or later immediately, as it is not affected by this attack. If upgrade is not possible, disable the forwarder function or restrict trusted target servers.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

BIND 4 (BIND4) and BIND 8 (BIND8), if used as a target forwarder, allows remote attackers to gain privileged access via a "Kashpureff-style DNS cache corruption" attack.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS