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openSUSE Security Update : bind (openSUSE-SU-2012:1192-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74757

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A remote denial of service attack was fixed in the BIND DNS nameserver, which could be caused by attackers providing a specifically prepared zone file for recursive transfer.
(CVE-2012-4244)

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

See Also

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

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00075.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74757

File Name: openSUSE-2012-615.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:novell:opensuse:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-lwresd-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-lwresd, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4244

BID: 55522