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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.4% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (31)

• 28579 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429149 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0300 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 27283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 30538 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080124 rPSA-2008-0029-1 bind bind-utils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• VU#203611 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• FreeBSD-SA-08:02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-244.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10190 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0904 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 28429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1019189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 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 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28487 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• freebsd-inetnetwork-bo(39670) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 30313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 238493 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 29161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28367 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0903 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:32 UTC.