ISC BIND up to 9.3.3 DNS Cache

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ISC BIND up to 9.3.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component DNS Cache. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-0290. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ISC BIND up to 9.3.3 (Domain Name Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component DNS Cache. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P5, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P2, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P3, and 9.7.0 beta, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled (CD), allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive client query and sending a response that contains (1) CNAME or (2) DNAME records, which do not have the intended validation before caching, aka Bug 20737. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-4022.

The weakness was published 01/22/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at isc.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0290. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44099 (CentOS 5 : bind (CESA-2010:0062)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118507 (HP-UX Running BIND Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02546 )).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54416), Tenable (44099) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24664†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51658 and VDB-50913. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 44099
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : bind (CESA-2010:0062)
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OpenVAS ID: 100458
OpenVAS Name: ISC BIND 9 DNSSEC Bogus NXDOMAIN Response Remote Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
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Timelineinfo

11/24/2009 🔍
01/12/2010 +48 days 🔍
01/22/2010 +10 days 🔍
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01/25/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1878 days 🔍
04/11/2025 +3677 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: isc.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51655

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X-Force: 54416
Vulnerability Center: 24664 - ISC BIND DNSSEC Query Response Remote Cache Poisoning Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/11/2025 12:05
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 02/20/2017 10:09 (6), 08/31/2021 14:54 (4), 08/31/2021 14:58 (1), 04/11/2025 12:05 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:BBD:103

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