CVE-2009-0858
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD
The response_addname function in response.c in Daniel J. Bernstein djbdns 1.05 and earlier does not constrain offsets in the required manner, which allows remote attackers, with control over a third-party subdomain served by tinydns and axfrdns, to trigger DNS responses containing arbitrary records via crafted zone data for this subdomain.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0855)
- Published
- March 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0855 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- d.j.bernstein / djbdns
References
- http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/05/2014249
- http://marc.info/?l=djbdns&m=123554945710038
- http://marc.info/?l=djbdns&m=123613000920446&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35820
- http://securityandthe.net/2009/03/05/security-issue-in-djbdns-confirmed/(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1831
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501294/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501340/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501479/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33937(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49003
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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