7.8
HIGH
CVE-2007-0493
ISC BIND Use-after-free Remote Denial of Service
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that cause named to "dereference a freed fetch context."

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 25, 2007, 8:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 2:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0493 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Isc bind
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0493.

URL Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2507
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2537
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2007-003.txt.asc
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01070495
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-January/052018.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0016.html
http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519321296&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/23904 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23924
http://secunia.com/advisories/23943
http://secunia.com/advisories/23972
http://secunia.com/advisories/23974
http://secunia.com/advisories/23977
http://secunia.com/advisories/24014
http://secunia.com/advisories/24048
http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
http://secunia.com/advisories/24129
http://secunia.com/advisories/24203
http://secunia.com/advisories/24930
http://secunia.com/advisories/24950
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://secunia.com/advisories/25649
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:02.bind.asc
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017561
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.494157
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/bind-security.php
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.2.8 Patch
http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/view/?release=9.3.4 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:030
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0057.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458066/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22229
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-418-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0349
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2163
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-989
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9614
https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0493 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2007-0493 bind use-after-free Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that cause named to "dereference a freed fetch context."
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0057 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0493 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230003 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that cause named to "dereference a freed fetch context." CVE-2007-0493 bind use-after-free
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0057 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230003 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0493 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.5.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0a5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/458066/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458066/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9614 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9614 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145408644227561&w=2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04952488 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519321296&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116968519321296&w=2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145408644227561&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0493 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-0493 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

22.32 }} 2.43%

score

0.96379

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability