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CVE-2002-0029

Published: Nov 21, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
9.9%
Top 5.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Buffer overflows in the DNS stub resolver library in ISC BIND 4.9.2 through 4.9.10, and other derived libraries such as BSD libc and GNU glibc, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS server responses that trigger the overflow in the (1) getnetbyname, or (2) getnetbyaddr functions, aka "LIBRESOLV: buffer overrun" and a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0684.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
bindiscNetworking Infrastructure
security linuxastaro
Mixed
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
isccommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka internet systems consortium
astarocommercialSecurity Products

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10624.php
iss.net
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-028.txt.asc
ftp.netbsd.org
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html
cert.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 21, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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