Debian DSA-1803-1 : nsd, nsd3 - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38869

Synopsis

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

Description

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that a buffer overflow in NSD, an authoritative name service daemon, allowed to crash the server by sending a crafted packet, creating a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the nsd or nsd3 package.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.6-1+etch1 of the nsd package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-1.1+lenny1 of the nsd package and version 3.0.7-3.lenny2 of the nsd3 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38869

File Name: debian_DSA-1803.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nsd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nsd3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1755

BID: 35029

CWE: 189

CERT: 710316

DSA: 1803

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