CVE-2008-0122
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Off-by-one error in the inet_network function in libbind in ISC BIND 9.4.2 and earlier, as used in libc in FreeBSD 6.2 through 7.0-PRERELEASE, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted input that triggers memory corruption.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28367
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28429
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28487
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30313
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30538
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30718
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:02.libc.asc
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238493-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-244.htm
- http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203611
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487000/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27283
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019189
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0193
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0703
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1743/references
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile123640&label=AIX%20libc%20inet_network%20buffer%20overflow
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4167
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429149
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39670
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2169
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10190
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00781.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00782.html
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