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Debian DSA-3350-1 : bind9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 85756

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Hanno Boeck discovered that incorrect validation of DNSSEC-signed records in the Bind DNS server could result in denial of service.

Updates for the oldstable distribution (wheezy) will be released shortly.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/bind9

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3350

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85756

File Name: debian_DSA-3350.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2015

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5722

DSA: 3350