CVE-2002-0684

N/A Unknown
Published: August 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000507
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102581482511612&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-139.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542971
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-050.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000507
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102581482511612&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-139.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542971
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-050.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.6%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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