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AIX 7.1 TL 3 : bind9 (IV75693)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85416

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the handling of TKEY queries. By sending specially-crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a REQUIRE assertion failure.

Solution

Install the appropriate interim fix.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind9_advisory8.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85416

File Name: aix_IV75693.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2015

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

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:ibm:aix:7.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5477