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F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (SOL14204)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78144

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

ISC reports that query.c in BIND may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (assertion failure and named exit). The vulnerability uses unknown vectors related to recursive DNS queries, error logging, and the caching of an invalid record by the resolver.
The affected versions of BIND are as follows :

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution SOL14204.

See Also

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14204

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78144

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL14204.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 10/10/2014

Updated: 3/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4313

BID: 50690