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CVE-2002-1221

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Description

BIND 8.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, which are removed from the internal BIND database and later cause a null dereference.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2094

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10333

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6159

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-077.php

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581682

http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-196

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-013.shtml

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300019

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4999

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103763574715133&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103713117612842&w=2

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000546

http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-11-29

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03661

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