CVE-2002-0400

Bind vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

14.2%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Isc

Affected product

Bind

CVSS vector

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

Published

2002-06-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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