Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0400

Title: ISC BIND 9 dns_message_findtype() malformed DNS packet shutdown DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0400.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 18, 2002

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

14.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0400: ISC BIND 9 before 9.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown) via a malformed DNS packet that triggers an error condition that is not properly handled when the rdataset parameter to the dns_message_findtype() function in message.c is not NULL, aka DoS_findtype.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.24.1/CSSA-2002-SCO.24.1.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0022.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000494 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:038 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-15.html http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9250.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739123 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_21_bind9.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-105.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-119.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-154.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4936 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenUNIX/CSSA-2002-SCO.24.1/CSSA-2002-SCO.24.1.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2002-q3/0022.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000494 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:038 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-15.html http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9250.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739123 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_21_bind9.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-105.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-119.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-154.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4936

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0400 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 18, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.