GLSA-200903-14 : BIND: Incorrect signature verification

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35812

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-14 (BIND: Incorrect signature verification)

BIND does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL functions to verify DSA (CVE-2009-0025) and RSA (CVE-2009-0265) certificates.
Impact :

A remote attacker could bypass validation of the certificate chain to spoof DNSSEC-authenticated records.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.4.3_p1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35812

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-14.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0025, CVE-2009-0265

BID: 33150, 33151

CWE: 287

GLSA: 200903-14

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