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SuSE 10 Security Update : bind (ZYPP Patch Number 7551)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57160

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update provides bind 9.6ESVR4P1 which fixes a denial of service vulnerability that can be triggered by very large RRSIG RRsets in a negative response and crash named. (CVE-2011-1910)

It further provides a fix for a defect which may cause queries for .com names to fail with validation errors when DNSSEC records for the .com zone are initially inserted into the root zone.

Please refer to https://www.isc.org/software/bind/new-features/9.6 for more information on additional improvements and bug fixes.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7551.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1910.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57160

File Name: suse_bind-7551.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1910