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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2014:002)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72018

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in ISC BIND :

The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and 9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver that uses the NSEC3 signing feature (CVE-2014-0591).

The updated packages for Enterprise Server 5 have been patched to correct this issue.

The updated packages for Business Server 1 have been upgraded to the 9.9.4-P2 version which is unaffected by this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01078

https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01085

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72018

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-002.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0591

BID: 64801

MDVSA: 2014:002