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.
Published 2009-01-26 15:30:05
Updated 2024-02-13 17:43:48
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2009-0265

Threat overview for CVE-2009-0265

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-0265
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2009-0265 7,125
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0265

1.14%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 84 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0265

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.9
3.6
NIST 2024-02-13

CWE ids for CVE-2009-0265

  • The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-0265

  • Red Hat 2009-01-26
    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of BIND as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References for CVE-2009-0265

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