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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-0140 · published 25 March 2002

CVE-2002-0140: Dnrd vulnerability

Dnrd · Dnrd

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.5% · top 11.1%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
3.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251619 Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7957.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3928
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251619 Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7957.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3928

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Related vulnerabilities

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7.5CVE-2005-2315Dnrd vulnerabilityBuffer overflow in Domain Name Relay Daemon (DNRD) before 2.19.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of large DNS pa…EPSS 3.8%5.0CVE-2005-2316Dnrd vulnerabilityDomain Name Relay Daemon (DNRD) before 2.19.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a DNS packet that uses me…EPSS 1.6%5.0CVE-2005-0037Dnrd vulnerabilityThe DNS implementation of DNRD before 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte …EPSS 1.6%5.0CVE-2004-0789Delegate vulnerabilityMultiple implementations of the DNS protocol, including (1) Poslib 1.0.2-1 and earlier as used by Posadis, (2) Axis Network products before firmware …EPSS 2.8%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-0140), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.