ISC BIND 9.11.0 / 9.11.x < 9.11.13 / 9.11.x < 9.11.13-S1 / 9.12.x < 9.12.5-P2 / 9.14.x < 9.14.8 / 9.15 / 9.15.x < 9.15.6 Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 131735

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Synopsis

The remote name server is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in ISC BIND 9 due to TCP Client issues. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via DNS Request, to cause the device to stop responding.

Solution

Upgrade to the appropriate version of BIND.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131735

File Name: bind9_9156.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 12/6/2019

Updated: 5/22/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: 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-2019-6477

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:/a:isc:bind

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, bind/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6477

IAVA: 2019-A-0434-S

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