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CentOS 4 : bind (CESA-2010:1000)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51783

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bind packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

It was discovered that named did not invalidate previously cached SIG records when adding an NCACHE record for the same entry to the cache.
A remote attacker allowed to send recursive DNS queries to named could use this flaw to crash named. (CVE-2010-3613)

All BIND users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d680b464

http://www.nessus.org/u?ddb42004

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51783

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-1000.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/28/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3613

BID: 45133

RHSA: 2010:1000