CVE-2009-0265

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0265
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-26 15:30:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInternet Systems Consortium (ISC) BIND 9.6.0 and earlier does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal 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 and CVE-2009-0025.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-252 | CWE-295 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Bind All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oops! - ISC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.isc.org Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
BIND Security Advisory (CVE-2009-0025; Severity: Low) - comp.protocols.dns.bind | Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Slackware update for bind - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Mailing List, Patch
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-26Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of BIND as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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