CVE-2007-0493 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in specific versions of ISC BIND (9.3.0-9.3.3, 9.4.0a1-9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1-9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1). This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing the named daemon to crash through dereferencing a freed fetch context. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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