CVE-2002-0651

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0651
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-07-03 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the DNS resolver code used in libc, glibc, and libbind, as derived from ISC BIND, allows remote malicious DNS servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the stub resolvers.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - IBM AIX lists - Re: Security - From aixserv_at_austin.ibm.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Pine Digital Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pine.nl
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#803539 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-006.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.NetBSD.ORG
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020701-01-I af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 frontal2.mandriva.com
ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2002-SCO.37 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
'Remote buffer overflow in resolver code of libc' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[OpenPKG-SA-2002.006] OpenPKG Security Advisory (bind)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT Advisory CA-2002-19 Buffer Overflows in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-043.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
'FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:28.resolv' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2002-SCO.39 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: dns-resolver-lib-bo (9432): Multiple vendor DNS resolver library buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Neohapsis Archives - EnGarde Linux - [ESA-20020724-018] Buffer overflow in BIND4-derived resolver code. - From engarde-announce-admins_at_guardiandigital.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2002-q3/0000.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Multiple Vendor libc DNS Resolver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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