Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1146
CVE-2002-1146
Description
The BIND 4 and BIND 8.2.x stub resolver libraries, and other libraries such as glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, libc, and libresolv, use the maximum buffer size instead of the actual size when processing a DNS response, which causes the stub resolvers to read past the actual boundary ("read buffer overflow"), allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
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References
9- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10295.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738331nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-015.txt.ascnvd
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-197.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-258.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-022.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-212.htmlnvd
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