Fedora 17 : bind-9.9.1-2.P1.fc17 (2012-8968)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59488

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to the latest upstream release which fixes CVE-2012-1667. More information is available on http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/CVE-2012-1667

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected bind package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59488

File Name: fedora_2012-8968.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1667

BID: 53772

FEDORA: 2012-8968

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