ISC BIND 9 DNS RDATA Handling DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 62562

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Synopsis

The remote name server may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote installation of BIND can become locked up if certain combinations of RDATA are loaded into the server. 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-P4 / 9.6-ESV-R8 / 9.7.6-P4 / 9.7.7 / 9.8.3-P4 / 9.8.4 / 9.9.1-P4 / 9.9.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62562

File Name: bind9_991_p4.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 10/16/2012

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5166

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Required KB Items: bind/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5166

BID: 55852

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