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Debian DSA-1803-1 : nsd, nsd3 - buffer overflow
medium Nessus Plugin ID 38869
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Ilja van Sprundel discovered that a buffer overflow in NSD, an authoritative name service daemon, allowed to crash the server by sending a crafted packet, creating a denial of service.Solution
Upgrade the nsd or nsd3 package.For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.6-1+etch1 of the nsd package.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-1.1+lenny1 of the nsd package and version 3.0.7-3.lenny2 of the nsd3 package.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529418
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 38869
File Name: debian_DSA-1803.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/22/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nsd3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1755
BID: 35029