Debian DLA-48-1 : bind9 security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 82195

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix denial of service attack when processing NSEC3-signed zone queries, fixed by not calling memcpy with overlapping ranges in bin/named/query.c. - patch backported from 9.8.6-P2 by Marc Deslauriers from the Ubuntu Security team for USN-2081-1.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 82195

File Name: debian_DLA-48.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisc62, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbind-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dnsutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9-host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccc60, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccfg62, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdns69, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbind9-60, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblwres60, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lwresd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0591

BID: 64801

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