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GLSA-201708-01 : BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 102531

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-01 (BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS request to the BIND resolver resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.11.1_p1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102531

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201708-01.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bind, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9131, CVE-2016-9147, CVE-2016-9444, CVE-2016-9778, CVE-2017-3135, CVE-2017-3136, CVE-2017-3137, CVE-2017-3138, CVE-2017-3140, CVE-2017-3141

GLSA: 201708-01