CVE-2001-0497

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-276

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.osvdb.org/5609Broken Link
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise78.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6694Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/5609Broken Link
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise78.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6694Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jul 21, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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