openSUSE 10 Security Update : pdns-recursor (pdns-recursor-5319)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33090

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Pdns-recursor was prone to a spoofing vulnerability which could be abused to redirect clients or manipulate data. (CVE-2008-1637)

Solution

Update the affected pdns-recursor package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33090

File Name: suse_pdns-recursor-5319.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/4/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1637

CWE: 189

Detections

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