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Debian DSA-1434-1 : mydns - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 29707

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that in MyDNS, a domain name server with database backend, the daemon could be crashed through malicious remote update requests, which may lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the mydns packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.1.0-7etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1434

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29707

File Name: debian_DSA-1434.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mydns, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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: 12/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2362

BID: 23694

DSA: 1434