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Debian DSA-1254-1 : bind9 - insufficient input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 24293

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the Bind name server daemon is vulnerable to denial of service by triggering an assertion through a crafted DNS query. This only affects installations which use the DNSSEC extentions.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 9.2.4-1sarge2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem will be fixed soon.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1254

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24293

File Name: debian_DSA-1254.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0493, CVE-2007-0494

DSA: 1254