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CVE-2010-0097

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0097 describes a vulnerability in multiple versions of ISC BIND (9.0.x through 9.3.x, and specific earlier versions of 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, and 9.7.0 beta). This flaw stems from improper validation of DNSSEC NSEC and NSEC3 records, enabling remote attackers to inject a forged NXDOMAIN response with the Authenticated Data (AD) flag for an existing domain. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity, requires no authentication, and could lead to information integrity issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0936 is in the 94th 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: bind-30:9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0097Moderate

BIND DNSSEC NSEC/NSEC3 validation code could cause bogus NXDOMAIN responses

Jan 19, 2010

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/unixware7/714/security/p535243_uw7/p535243b.txt
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034196.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034202.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38169
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38219
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38240
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39334
secunia.com / advisories/39582
secunia.com / advisories/40086
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55753
h20564.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12205
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7212
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7430
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9357
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0062.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT5002
isc.org / advisories/CVE-2010-0097
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0018
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2054
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/360341
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 61853
securityfocus.com / bid/37865
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-888-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0176
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0622
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0981
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1352