CVE-2002-0684
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to
02 Description
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-07-31 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 10a914e688670637f90a3d6b7d4d5aa3e8a85eb091da2f841226dc5615d5fbff
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2002:050http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-050.php
- distro.conectiva.comCLSA-2002:507http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000507
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#542971http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542971
- marc.info20020704 Re: Remote buffer overflow in resolver code of libchttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102581482511612&w=2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2002:139http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-139.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.2.5-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.2.5-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.2.5-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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