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Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20161020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94194

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled packets with malformed options. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS packet. (CVE-2016-2848)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?de200f77

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94194

File Name: sl_20161020_bind_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-libbind-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:caching-nameserver, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2848