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AIX 6.1 TL 8 : bind (IV78096)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86769

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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 the exit of a validating resolver due to an assertion failure in buffer.c. By parsing a malformed DNSSEC key, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Install the appropriate interim fix.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind_advisory9.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86769

File Name: aix_IV78096.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2015

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5722