FreeBSD : bind -- denial of service vulnerability (7943e521-f648-11e2-8607-3c970e169bc2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69088

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

ISC reports :

A specially crafted query that includes malformed rdata can cause named to terminate with an assertion failure while rejecting the malformed query.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69088

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7943e521f64811e286073c970e169bc2.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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:freebsd:freebsd:bind98, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind98-base, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind99, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind99-base, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4854

FreeBSD: SA-13:07.bind

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