Alpine: multiple bind packages: security update to 9.9.4-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401202

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The query_findclosestnsec3 function in query.c in named in ISC BIND 9.6, 9.7, and 9.8 before 9.8.6-P2 and
9.9 before 9.9.4-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R10-P2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS query to an authoritative nameserver
that uses the NSEC3 signing feature. (CVE-2014-0591)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401202

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0591

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0591

BID: 64801

IAVA: 2014-A-0086-S

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