Oracle Linux 5 : bind (ELSA-2009-0020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67792

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0020 advisory.

[9.3.4-6.0.3.P1]
- check DSA_do_verify return value correctly

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0020.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67792

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0020.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0025

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:caching-nameserver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-chroot

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0025

BID: 33151

RHSA: 2009:0020