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HistorySep 29, 2003 - 12:00 a.m.

ISC BIND < 4.9.11 stub resolver (libresolv.a) DNS Response Overflow

2003-09-2900:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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37

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.936 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.1%

The remote BIND 4.x server, according to its version number, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the DNS stub resolver library.

An attacker might use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(11857);
  script_version("1.24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0029");
  script_bugtraq_id(6186);
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0320-S");

  script_name(english:"ISC BIND < 4.9.11 stub resolver (libresolv.a) DNS Response Overflow");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"It is possible to use the remote name server to execute arbitrary code on
the remote host.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote BIND 4.x server, according to its version number, is vulnerable 
to a buffer overflow in the DNS stub resolver library.

An attacker might use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to 4.9.11 or later in the 4.x branch, or consider upgrading 
to a more recent release.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/11/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/09/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:isc:bind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"DNS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("bind_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("bind/version");

  exit(0);
}

vers = get_kb_item("bind/version");
if(!vers)exit(0);
if (vers =~ "^4\.9\.[2-9]") security_hole(53); 
if (vers =~ "^4\.9\.10") security_hole(53);


VendorProductVersionCPE
iscbindcpe:/a:isc:bind

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.936 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.1%