Fedora 20 : pdns-recursor-3.7.2-1.fc20 (2015-7079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83222

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to 3.7.2

- CVE-2015-1868

External References:
https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected pdns-recursor package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213377

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9dbcf1e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83222

File Name: fedora_2015-7079.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pdns-recursor, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1868

FEDORA: 2015-7079