openSUSE 10 Security Update : bind (bind-5410)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33501

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The transaction id and the UDP source port used for DNS queries by the bind nameserver were predicatable. Attackers could potentially exploit that weakness to manipulate the DNS cache ('DNS cache poisoning', CVE-2008-1447).

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33501

File Name: suse_bind-5410.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/15/2008

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1447

IAVA: 2008-A-0045

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