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Debian DSA-2347-1 : bind9 - improper assert

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56856

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, crashes while processing certain sequences of recursive DNS queries, leading to a denial of service. Authoritative-only server configurations are not affected by this issue.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.6.ESV.R4+dfsg-0+lenny4.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/bind9

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2347

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56856

File Name: debian_DSA-2347.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: 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

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4313

DSA: 2347