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Debian DSA-963-1 : mydns - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22829

Synopsis

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

Description

NISCC reported that MyDNS, a DNS server using a SQL database for data storage, can be tricked into an infinite loop by a remote attacker and hence cause a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade the mydns package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain mydns packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0-4sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348826

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-963

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22829

File Name: debian_DSA-963.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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:mydns, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0351

BID: 16431

DSA: 963