CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : bind (CESA-2014:1984)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79880

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bind packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND followed DNS delegations. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted zone containing a large number of referrals which, when looked up and processed, would cause named to use excessive amounts of memory or crash. (CVE-2014-8500)

All bind users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79880

File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1984.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8500

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:caching-nameserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-lite-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8500

RHSA: 2014:1984

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