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Fedora 25 : bind99 (2016-f6e4e66202)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94884

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to the latest upstream version due to CVE-2016-2776

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Solution

Update the affected bind99 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-f6e4e66202

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94884

File Name: fedora_2016-f6e4e66202.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind99

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2776

FEDORA: 2016-f6e4e66202

IAVA: 2017-A-0004