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FreeBSD : BIND -- Remote DoS against authoritative and recursive servers (fd64188d-a71d-11e0-89b4-001ec9578670)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55518

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

ISC reports :

A defect in the affected BIND 9 versions allows an attacker to remotely cause the 'named' process to exit using a specially crafted packet.

This defect affects both recursive and authoritative servers.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2011-2464

http://www.nessus.org/u?82473bdf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55518

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fd64188da71d11e089b4001ec9578670.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 7/6/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind96, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind97, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind98, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2464