National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0033
Original release date:05/02/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via queries that trigger the overflow in the q_usedns array that tracks nameservers and addresses.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#327633
Name: VU#327633
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.uniras.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050125-00059.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind8.php
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: bind-qusedns-bo(19063)
External Source: BID
Name: 12364
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1012996
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18291
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14009
External Source: SCO
Name: SCOSA-2006.1
