BIND 8.3.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (termination due to assertion failure) via a request for a subdomain that does not exist, with an OPT resource record with a large UDP payload size
Published Sep 1, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.60%
Description
BIND 8.3.x through 8.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (termination due to assertion failure) via a request for a subdomain that does not exist, with an OPT resource record with a large UDP payload size.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.60% (0.09600) | 95.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.60% (0.09600) | 94.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 32.69% (0.32686) | 96.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 19.18% (0.19177) | 94.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.43% (0.13430) | 93.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 32.63% (0.32630) | 97.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 12.90% (0.12901) | 95.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 15.20% (0.15203) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 11.34% (0.11338) | 94.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.94% (0.08936) | 93.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21469 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2002/Nov/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103713117612842&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103763574715133&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4999 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQ
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300019 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-31.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-013.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-196 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229595 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-077.php vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6161 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10332 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A449 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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