Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2005:023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16269

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in BIND version 9.3.0 where a remote attacker may be able to cause named to exit prematurely, causing a Denial of Service due to an incorrect assumption in the validator function authvalidated().

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this problem.

Solution

Update the affected bind, bind-devel and / or bind-utils packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16269

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-023.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/27/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0034

CERT: 938617

MDKSA: 2005:023

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