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Knot DNS Server Version Detection

info Nessus Plugin ID 76798

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Synopsis

Nessus was able to obtain version information on the remote Knot DNS server.

Description

Nessus was able to obtain version information from the remote Knot DNS server by sending a special TXT record query to the remote host.

Solution

Version reporting may be disabled by setting the 'version' attribute to 'off' in the 'system' statement of the Knot DNS configuration file.

See Also

https://www.knot-dns.cz/

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 76798

File Name: knot_dns_version.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 7/25/2014

Updated: 11/22/2019

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:cz.nic:knot_dns

Required KB Items: dns_server/version