Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2017-833)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100553

Synopsis

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

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled DNSSEC validation.

A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an

assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response.
(CVE-2017-3139)

Solution

Run 'yum update bind' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-833.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100553

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-833.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2017

Updated: 4/12/2019

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: 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: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: 5/31/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3139

ALAS: 2017-833

RHSA: 2017:1202