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Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2016-641)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87990

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Specific APL RR data could cause a server to exit due to an INSIST failure in apl_42.c when performing certain string formatting operations. (CVE-2015-8704)

CVE-2015-8705 was also issued today for bind, but the Amazon Linux AMI's version of bind is not impacted by that CVE.

Solution

Run 'yum update bind' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-641.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87990

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-641.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8704

ALAS: 2016-641