CVE-2002-0684
EPSS 3.6%
Description
Buffer overflow in DNS resolver functions that perform lookup of network names and addresses, as used in BIND 4.9.8 and ported to glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code through a subroutine used by functions such as getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr.
How to fix CVE-2002-0684
To remediate CVE-2002-0684, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.2.5-8 or later
Is CVE-2002-0684 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.2.5-8