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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 : bind (SSA:2007-207-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 54868

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix security issues. The first issue which allows remote attackers to make recursive queries only affects Slackware 12.0. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2925 The second issue is the discovery that BIND9's query IDs are cryptographically weak. This issue affects the versions of BIND9 in all supported Slackware versions. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2926

Solution

Update the affected bind package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c5c1303b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 54868

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2007-207-01.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/28/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:bind, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2925, CVE-2007-2926

BID: 25037

SSA: 2007-207-01