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CVE-2009-0265 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33 CVEMailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/33559 CVEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.540362 CVEMailing ListPatch
https://www.isc.org/node/373 CVEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:037 CVEBroken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-252Unchecked Return Value[email protected]
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
isc bind
<= 9.6.0

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

36 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0265
NVD Published Date:
Jan 26, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]