Fedora 28 : pdns (2018-2ff7cdbb7b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120329

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to 4.1.5

Release notes:
https://blog.powerdns.com/2018/11/06/powerdns-authoritative-server-4-0
-6-4-1-5-and-recursor-4-0-9-4-1-5-released/

PowerDNS Security Advisory 2018-03 (https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-a dvisory-2018-03.html) (CVE-2018-10851)

PowerDNS Security Advisory 2018-05 (https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-a dvisory-2018-05.html) (CVE-2018-14626)

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Solution

Update the affected pdns package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-2ff7cdbb7b

http://www.nessus.org/u?56fddf39

http://www.nessus.org/u?156cee5a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120329

File Name: fedora_2018-2ff7cdbb7b.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pdns

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10851, CVE-2018-14626