Debian DSA-2560-1 : bind9 - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 62643

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, hangs while constructing the additional section of a DNS reply, when certain combinations of resource records are present. This vulnerability affects both recursive and authoritative servers.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze8.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62643

File Name: debian_DSA-2560.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, 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: 10/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5166

BID: 55852

DSA: 2560

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