CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0029

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflows in the DNS stub resolver library in ISC BIND from versions 4.9.2 to 4.9.10 and other derived libraries such as BSD libc and GNU glibc allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS server responses that trigger the overflow in the getnetbyname or getnetbyaddr functions.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, posing a serious security threat to systems using the affected versions of the libraries.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of ISC BIND and other affected libraries to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflows in the DNS stub resolver library in ISC BIND 4.9.2 through 4.9.10, and other derived libraries such as BSD libc and GNU glibc, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS server responses that trigger the overflow in the (1) getnetbyname, or (2) getnetbyaddr functions, aka "LIBRESOLV: buffer overrun" and a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0684.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS