Debian DSA-3680-1 : bind9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 93748

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were reported in BIND, a DNS server.

- CVE-2016-2775 The lwresd component in BIND (which is not enabled by default) could crash while processing an overlong request name. This could lead to a denial of service.

- CVE-2016-2776 A crafted query could crash the BIND name server daemon, leading to a denial of service. All server roles (authoritative, recursive and forwarding) in default configurations are affected.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u7.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93748

File Name: debian_DSA-3680.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC: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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2775, CVE-2016-2776

DSA: 3680

IAVA: 2017-A-0004

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