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FreeBSD : powerdns -- Denial of Service (56665ccb-8723-11e5-9b13-14dae9d210b8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86806

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Synopsis

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

Description

PowerDNS reports :

A bug was found using afl-fuzz in our packet parsing code. This bug, when exploited, causes an assertion error and consequent termination of the the pdns_server process, causing a Denial of Service.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-03/

http://www.nessus.org/u?ada8abf6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86806

File Name: freebsd_pkg_56665ccb872311e59b1314dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 11/10/2015

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

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: 11/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5311