CVE-2009-0265

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-01-26 15:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2009-0265

Mitre link : CVE-2009-0265

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-0265

JSON object : View

Products Affected

isc

bind

CWE

CWE-252

Unchecked Return Value

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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