CVE-2001-0497
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBIND
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
dnskeygen in BIND 8.2.4 and earlier, and dnssec-keygen in BIND 9.1.2 and earlier, set insecure permissions for a HMAC-MD5 shared secret key file used for DNS Transactional Signatures (TSIG), which allows attackers to obtain the keys and perform dynamic DNS updates.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise78.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6694CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276
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