PT-2002-2923 · Isc · Bind

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2002-2211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: BIND versions 4 and 8

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning via a birthday attack. This attack uses a large number of open queries for the same resource record (RR) combined with spoofed responses, increasing the possibility of successfully spoofing a response in a way that is more efficient than brute force methods.

Recommendations: For BIND versions 4 and 8, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current versions are prone to DNS cache poisoning attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2211

Affected Products

Bind

References · 11

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2211 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/434523/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://rnp.br/cais/alertas/2002/cais-ALR-19112002a.html · Patch
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FZSLQ · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457875 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1923 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDT4U · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/IAFY-5FDPYP · Note
• http://imconf.net/imw-2002/imw2002-papers/198.pdf · Note