CVE-2009-0025

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0025
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-07 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBIND 9.6.0, 9.5.1, 9.5.0, 9.4.3, and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_verify function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind 9.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.0 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.0.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.1 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.1.3 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc10 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc8 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.0 rc9 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 p2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 p3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.3 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc7 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.4 rc8 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.6 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.6 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.2.7 rc3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 a6 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 b4 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.2 rc2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b2 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 b3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.4.3 rc1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.5.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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BIND Security Advisory (CVE-2009-0025; Severity: Low) - comp.protocols.dns.bind | Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
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