CVE-2009-0265

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:037 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33559 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0043 vdb entry broken link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.540362 patch vendor advisory mailing list
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33 mailing list
https://www.isc.org/node/373 vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0265?
CVE-2009-0265 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0265?
To fix CVE-2009-0265, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0265 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-0265 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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