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7.5high

CVE-2002-0684

Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.9%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • linux-mandrake.com /en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-050.php · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • distro.conectiva.com /atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000507 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/542971 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=102581482511612&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2002-139.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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