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openSUSE Security Update : pdns / pdns-recursor (openSUSE-2015-505)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84996

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

pdns, pdns-recursor were updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

 - CVE-2015-1868: The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself (bsc#927569).

 - CVE-2015-5470: Complete fix for CVE-2015-1868 (bsc#927569).

Solution

Update the affected pdns / pdns-recursor packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927569

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84996

File Name: openSUSE-2015-505.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous 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:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-recursor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1868, CVE-2015-5470