CVE-2010-0290 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 22 Jan 2010 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can poison DNS cache by bypassing DNSSEC validation when checking is disabled, affecting ISC BIND servers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2010-0290?

CVE-2010-0290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isc Bind, published on 22 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P5, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P2, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P3, and 9.7.0 beta, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled (CD), allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive client query and sending a response that contains (1) CNAME or (2) DNAME records, which do not have the intended validation before caching, aka Bug 20737. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-4022.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0290?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Isc Bind.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0290?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-0290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Isc Bind vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0290, GHSA-h2vx-r9q8-wjqr.