Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2007:030)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24643

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that cause named to 'dereference a freed fetch context.' (CVE-2007-0493)

ISC BIND 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.0 up to 9.2.7, 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exit) via a type * (ANY) DNS query response that contains multiple RRsets, which triggers an assertion error. (CVE-2007-0494)

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected bind, bind-devel and / or bind-utils packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24643

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-030.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/18/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2007

Reference Information

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

BID: 22229, 22231

MDKSA: 2007:030

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