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GLSA-202008-19 : BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140067

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-19 (BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.16.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140067

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202008-19.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 8/31/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8620, CVE-2020-8621, CVE-2020-8622, CVE-2020-8623, CVE-2020-8624

GLSA: 202008-19

IAVA: 2020-A-0385-S