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SuSE 11.2 Security Update : bind (SAT Patch Number 6830)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64114

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The bind nameserver was updated to version 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 to fix a single security problem, where loading a zone file could have caused an assertion (abort) of the named service. (CVE-2012-4244)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6830.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780157

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4244.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64114

File Name: suse_11_bind-120916.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-utils, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-chrootenv

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4244