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CVE-2010-0290

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 6.78%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-01-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2010-0290
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4
EPSS
6.78%

Original NVD Description

Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9.4 before 9.4.3-P5, 9.5 before 9.5.2-P2, 9.6 before 9.6.1-P3, and 9.7.0 beta, with DNSSEC validation enabled and checking disabled (CD), allows remote attackers to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks by receiving a recursive client query and sending a response that contains (1) CNAME or (2) DNAME records, which do not have the intended validation before caching, aka Bug 20737. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-4022.