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Debian DSA-4063-1 : pdns-recursor - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 105170

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Toshifumi Sakaguchi discovered that PowerDNS Recursor, a high-performance resolving name server was susceptible to denial of service via a crafted CNAME answer.

The oldstable distribution (jessie) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the pdns-recursor packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.4-1+deb9u3.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?51aad11d

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/pdns-recursor

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4063

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105170

File Name: debian_DSA-4063.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdns-recursor

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15120

DSA: 4063