CVE-2009-0265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet 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.

Published: 2009-01-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02474.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33
http://secunia.com/advisories/33559
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.540362
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:037
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0043
https://www.isc.org/node/373

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Bind

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-26T15:05:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:24:18.462Z

Reserved: 2009-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-26T15:30:04.890

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:04:37.180

Link: CVE-2009-0265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-252
Unchecked Return Value
CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation

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