CVE-2001-0497 Affecting bind package, versions [,9.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BIND-2382059
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Jul 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2001

CVE-2001-0497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bind to version 9.1.3 or higher.

Overview

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.

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