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Debian DSA-2353-1 : ldns - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56929

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

David Wheeler discovered a buffer overflow in ldns's code to parse RR records, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ldns packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-2+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/ldns

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2353

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56929

File Name: debian_DSA-2353.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ldns, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3581

BID: 49748

DSA: 2353