CVE-2009-0265

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Published Jan 26, 2009 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.474% probability within 30 days)

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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Isc Bind

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:24 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 26, 2009, 3:05 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:24 AM
Reserved: Jan 26, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 26, 2009, 3:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:04 PM

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