CentOS 5 : bind (CESA-2010:0976)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51145

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bind packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

It was discovered that named did not invalidate previously cached RRSIG records when adding an NCACHE record for the same entry to the cache. A remote attacker allowed to send recursive DNS queries to named could use this flaw to crash named. (CVE-2010-3613)

A flaw was found in the DNSSEC validation code in named. If named had multiple trust anchors configured for a zone, a response to a request for a record in that zone with a bad signature could cause named to crash. (CVE-2010-3762)

It was discovered that, in certain cases, named did not properly perform DNSSEC validation of an NS RRset for zones in the middle of a DNSKEY algorithm rollover. This flaw could cause the validator to incorrectly determine that the zone is insecure and not protected by DNSSEC. (CVE-2010-3614)

All BIND users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?49d1eca5

http://www.nessus.org/u?c80f3217

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51145

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0976.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:caching-nameserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-chroot, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3613, CVE-2010-3614, CVE-2010-3762

BID: 45133, 45137

RHSA: 2010:0976