CVE-2009-0265

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 26, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/33559
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.540362
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:037
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0043
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://www.isc.org/node/373
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/33559
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.540362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:037
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0043
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.isc.org/node/373
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-252 CWE-295

Affected Vendors

isc

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