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ISC BIND 9 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 60120
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Synopsis
The remote name server may be affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.Description
According to its self-reported version number, the remote installation of BIND is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :- Under a heavy query load, the application may use uninitialized data structures related to failed query cache access. This error can cause the application to crash. Note this issue only affects the application when DNSSEC validation is enabled. (CVE-2012-3817)
- Under a heavy, incoming TCP query load, the application can be affected by a memory leak that can lead to decreased performance and application termination on systems that kill processes that are out of memory.
(CVE-2012-3868)
Note that Nessus has only relied on the version itself and has not attempted to determine whether or not the install is actually affected.
Solution
Upgrade to BIND 9.6-ESV-R7-P2 / 9.7.6-P2 / 9.8.3-P2 / 9.9.1-P2 or later.See Also
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00730
http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6-ESV-R7-P2/CHANGES
http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.6-P2/CHANGES
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 60120
File Name: bind9_991_p2.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: remote
Family: DNS
Published: 7/25/2012
Updated: 11/15/2018
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind
Required KB Items: bind/version, Settings/ParanoidReport
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3817, CVE-2012-3868