Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2006:163)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23907

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in BIND was discovered where it did not sufficiently verify particular requests and responses from other name servers and users. This could be exploited by sending a specially crafted packet to crash the name server.

Updated packages have been patched to address these issues.

Solution

Update the affected bind, bind-devel and / or bind-utils packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23907

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-163.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4095, CVE-2006-4096

BID: 19859

MDKSA: 2006:163

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