ISC BIND up to 8.2.2 Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ISC BIND up to 8.2.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Memory). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0012. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISC BIND up to 8.2.2 (Domain Name Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

BIND 4 and BIND 8 allow remote attackers to access sensitive information such as environment variables.

The weakness was shared 02/12/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10605 (ISC BIND < 4.9.8 / 8.2.3 Multiple Remote Overflows), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family DNS and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 15044 (Sun Solaris BIND Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2921. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 595.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6018), Tenable (10605), SecurityFocus (BID 2321†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-492†). The entries VDB-16377, VDB-16378 and VDB-16380 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10605
Nessus Name: ISC BIND < 4.9.8 / 8.2.3 Multiple Remote Overflows
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OpenVAS ID: 53789
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 026-1 (bind)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2921
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-DNS UDP inverse query
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Timelineinfo

01/29/2001 🔍
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02/12/2001 +14 days 🔍
02/12/2001 +0 days 🔍
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12/23/2002 +679 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +4210 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +1769 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16379
X-Force: 6018
SecurityFocus: 2321 - ISC BIND Internal Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 492 - ISC BIND Internal Memory Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 10:30
Updated: 05/07/2019 09:17
Changes: 07/03/2014 10:30 (79), 05/07/2019 09:17 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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