CVE-2002-1221 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting BIND versions 8.x through 8.3.3. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending SIG RR elements with invalid expiry times, leading to a null dereference and a crash of the BIND service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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