CVE-2002-0140 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via malformed DNS replies in dnrd.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-0140?
CVE-2002-0140 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0140?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dnrd Dnrd.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2002-0140 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0140 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q5cc-q49p-jfrj.