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FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- denial of service (dc33795f-ced7-11ed-b1fe-6805ca2fa271)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173716

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dc33795f-ced7-11ed-b1fe-6805ca2fa271 advisory.

 - PowerDNS Team reports: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2023-02: Deterred spoofing attempts can lead to authoritative servers being marked unavailable (CVE-2023-26437)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d6c9ca43

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e9260c7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173716

File Name: freebsd_pkg_dc33795fced711edb1fe6805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2023

Updated: 4/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2023-26437

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns-recursor, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26437