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FreeBSD : powerdns-recursor -- denial of service (8727b513-855b-11ef-9e50-6805ca2fa271)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208685

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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 8727b513-855b-11ef-9e50-6805ca2fa271 advisory.

 PowerDNS Team reports:
 PowerDNS Security Advisory 2024-04: Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service due to cache inefficiencies in the Recursor

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

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?a373e84a

http://www.nessus.org/u?146b6cdc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208685

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8727b513855b11ef9e506805ca2fa271.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2024

Updated: 10/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25590

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: 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: 10/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25590