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FreeBSD : powerdns -- denial of service (55c43f5b-5190-11e5-9ad8-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85757

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Synopsis

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

Description

PowerDNS reports :

A bug was found in our DNS packet parsing/generation code, which, when exploited, can cause individual threads (disabling service) or whole processes (allowing a supervisor to restart them) to crash with just one or a few query packets.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-02/

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3210bb9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85757

File Name: freebsd_pkg_55c43f5b519011e59ad814dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 9/3/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5230