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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Jan 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0290, GHSA-h2vx-r9q8-wjqr

## 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: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in Isc Bind

- [CVE-2008-0122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0122/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0010/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0013/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1029/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0290 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Isc Bind. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.