CVE-2001-0497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

dnskeygen in BIND 8.2.4 and earlier, and dnssec-keygen in BIND 9.1.2 and earlier, set insecure permissions for a HMAC-MD5 shared secret key file used for DNS Transactional Signatures (TSIG), which allows attackers to obtain the keys and perform dynamic DNS updates.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00107.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/5609
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise78.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6694

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Bind

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.674Z

Reserved: 2001-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-276

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