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openSUSE Security Update : pdns-recursor (openSUSE-2017-1395)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105365

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for pdns-recursor fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-15120: parsing error while handling authoritative answers containing a CNAME of a different class than IN, leading to a recursor crash via a NULL pointer dereference. (boo#1072170)

Solution

Update the affected pdns-recursor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072170

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105365

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1395.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15120