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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-0400

ISC BIND 9 before 9.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown) via a malformed DNS packet that triggers an error condition that is not properly handled when the rdataset parameter to the dns_message_findtype() function in…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 14.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

ISC BIND 9 before 9.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown) via a malformed DNS packet that triggers an error condition that is not properly handled when the rdataset parameter to the dns_message_findtype() function in message.c is not NULL, aka DoS_findtype.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
14.22% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
isc/bind
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.