Original description
BIND 8.3.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (termination due to assertion failure) via a request for a subdomain that does not exist, with an OPT resource record with a large UDP payload size.
Affected software
- BIND 9 = 8.3.0= 8.3.2= 8.3.3= 8.3.1 exact match
Details
- Published
- 2002-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
References
- cve.org/CVE-2002-1220
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1220
- bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103713117612842&w=2
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103763574715133&w=2
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4999
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300019
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-013.shtml
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-196
- www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229595
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-077.php
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