Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : bind (cve_2012_3817_denial_of)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80596

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2;
9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2; 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2; and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries. (CVE-2012-3817)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 10.5.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2012-3817-denial-of-service-dos-vulnerability-in-bind

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80596

File Name: solaris11_bind_20130410.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3817