CVE-2002-2211 describes a DNS cache poisoning vulnerability affecting BIND 4 and BIND 8. Attackers can exploit this by initiating numerous recursive DNS queries and then using a birthday attack with spoofed responses to poison the DNS cache more efficiently than brute-force methods. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. While there is no known active exploitation, exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.