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CVE-2003-0914· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

ISC BIND 8.3.x before 8.3.7, and 8.4.x before 8.4.3, allows remote attackers to poison the cache via a malicious name server that returns ne

ISC BIND 8.3.x before 8.3.7, and 8.4.x before 8.4.3, allows remote attackers to poison the cache via a malicious name server that returns negative responses with a large TTL (time-to-live) value.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 15, 2003
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.2% · 88th percentile
CWE
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Action score

18

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
iscbind
nixunamesurfer
compaqtru64
freebsdfreebsd
hphp-ux
ibmaix
netbsdnetbsd
scounixware
sunsolaris
sunsunos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • compaq tru644.0f
  • compaq tru644.0f_pk6_bl17
  • compaq tru644.0f_pk7_bl18
  • compaq tru644.0f_pk8_bl22
  • compaq tru644.0g
  • compaq tru644.0g_pk3_bl17
  • compaq tru644.0g_pk4_bl22
  • compaq tru645.1
  • compaq tru645.1_pk3_bl17
  • compaq tru645.1_pk4_bl18
  • compaq tru645.1_pk5_bl19
  • compaq tru645.1_pk6_bl20
  • compaq tru645.1a
  • compaq tru645.1a_pk1_bl1
  • compaq tru645.1a_pk2_bl2
  • compaq tru645.1a_pk3_bl3
  • compaq tru645.1a_pk4_bl21
  • compaq tru645.1a_pk5_bl23
  • compaq tru645.1b
  • compaq tru645.1b_pk1_bl1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:3.0bindbefore 1:8.3.3-2.0woody21:8.3.3-2.0woody2

Same product

isc: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-5477named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion fa
    58Plan
  • CVE-2016-2776buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses,
    57Plan
  • CVE-2016-1286named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure an
    53Plan
  • CVE-2020-8625A vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack
    51Plan
  • CVE-2020-8617A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c
    51Plan
  • CVE-2001-0010Buffer overflow in transaction signature (TSIG) handling code in BIND 8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
    49Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:bind1:8.3.3-2.0woody2 · Debian:3.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

    Noroxi analysis

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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