Description
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.
Published: 2002-07-31
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0678 Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.725Z

Reserved: 2002-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0684

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0684

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2002-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0684 - Bugzilla

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