---
title: "CVE-2010-0218: Unexpected ACL Behavior in BIND 9.7.2"
slug: "aa-00934"
description: "There was a flaw where the wrong ACL was applied. This flaw could allow access to a cache via recursion even though the ACL disallowed it."
updated: 2018-10-01T21:19:07Z
published: 2018-10-01T21:19:07Z
---

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# CVE-2010-0218: Unexpected ACL Behavior in BIND 9.7.2

Wrong ACL applied.        
        
**CVE**: [CVE-2010-0218](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0218)   

**Posting Date**: 28 Sep 2010 

**Program Impacted**: [BIND](https://www.isc.org/software/bind)

**Versions Affected**: 9.7.2 through 9.7.2-P1

**Severity**: Low 

**Exploitable**: Remotely 

**Description**: There was a  flaw where the wrong ACL was applied. This flaw could allow access to a cache via recursion even though the ACL disallowed it.

**Risk Assessment**: This bug is primarily a risk to operators running both authoritative and recursive DNS on the same BIND server in the same view.

**Workarounds**: Upgrade to BIND 9.7.2-P2. No other workaround is currently known.

**Active Exploits**: None known at this time.


**Solution**: Upgrade to BIND 9.7.2-P2. No other workaround is currently known.

**Acknowledgements**: Thank you to Alexandre Simon for finding and testing this issue. 

**Related Documents** 

See our [BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix](https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00913) for a complete listing of Security Vulnerabilities and versions affected.

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