CVE-2010-3615
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditednamed in ISC BIND 9.7.2-P2 does not check all intended locations for allow-query ACLs, which might allow remote attackers to make successful requests for private DNS records via the standard DNS query mechanism.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn ISC BIND 9.7.2-P2, the allow-query ACL that restricts which clients can query the DNS server was not being checked in all intended locations within the named daemon. This access control bypass could allow remote attackers to query private or internal DNS records that should have been restricted.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.7.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm BIND named is runningCheck if the named process is active: ps aux | grep named or systemctl status namedAffected if named daemon is running
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Identify installed BIND versionRun named -v or named -V to display the version numberAffected if version is exactly 9.7.2 (not patched)
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Locate named.conf configuration fileFind the main configuration file, typically at /etc/named.conf or /etc/bind/named.confAffected if configuration file exists and named is in use
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Check for allow-query ACL configurationSearch for allow-query directives in named.conf and any included files using grep -r 'allow-query' /etc/named*Affected if allow-query ACLs are defined to restrict query access
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Identify views with restricted queriesReview view blocks in named.conf to see which views have allow-query configured for specific IP ranges or ACLsAffected if views use allow-query to limit which clients can query certain zones
If running BIND version 9.7.2 with allow-query ACLs configured to restrict access to certain zones or views, the environment may be vulnerable to ACL bypass and unauthorized DNS queries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of ISC BIND that properly checks allow-query ACLs in all locations, or review and correct the ACL configuration in named.conf to ensure proper query restrictions.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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