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CVE-2009-0025

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0025 is a vulnerability in multiple versions of ISC BIND that allows remote attackers to bypass certificate chain validation. This is due to improper checking of the OpenSSL DSA_verify function's return value, enabling the use of malformed SSL/TLS signatures. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with medium complexity, potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0686 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: bind-0:9.2.1-11.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: bind-20:9.2.4-23.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: bind-20:9.2.4-30.el4_7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind-30:9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0025Moderate

bind: DSA_do_verify() returns check issue

Jan 7, 2009

References

groups.google.com / group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_thread/thread/49ef622c8329fd33
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/33494
secunia.com / advisories/33546
secunia.com / advisories/33551
secunia.com / advisories/33559
secunia.com / advisories/33683
secunia.com / advisories/33882
secunia.com / advisories/35074
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:04.bind.asc
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2938
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10879
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5569
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-045.htm
isc.org / software/bind/advisories/cve-2009-0025
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00393.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0009
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
openbsd.org / errata44.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/500207/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/33151
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0043
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0366
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0904
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297