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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2011:176-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56858

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind :

Cache lookup could return RRSIG data associated with nonexistent records, leading to an assertion failure. [ISC RT #26590] (CVE-2011-4313).

The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.4-P1 and 9.8.1-P1 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Update :

Packages provided for Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2 and Mandriva Linux 2010.2 with the MDVSA-2011:176 and MDVSA-2011:176-1 advisory had wrong release numbers effectively preventing installation without excessive force due previous packaging mistakes. This advisory provides corrected packages to address the problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/CVE-2011-4313

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56858

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-176.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4313

BID: 50690

MDVSA: 2011:176-2