RHEL 5 : bind97 (RHSA-2012:1266)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62091

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bind97.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1266 advisory.

- bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit (CVE-2012-4244)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL bind97 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1266.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62091

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1266.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/14/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind97-chroot, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind97, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind97-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind97-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind97-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4244

RHSA: 2012:1266

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