Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2002-1146
Published: September 10, 2008 / Updated: June 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110133
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2002-1146
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc
Glibc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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).
How to mitigate CVE-2002-1146
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-015.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000535
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10295.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738331
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:009
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-197.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-258.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-022.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-212.html