CentOS 4 : perl-Net-DNS (CESA-2007:0675)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25715

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated perl-Net-DNS package that corrects a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Net::DNS is a collection of Perl modules that act as a Domain Name System (DNS) resolver.

A flaw was found in the way Net::DNS generated the ID field in a DNS query. This predictable ID field could be used by a remote attacker to return invalid DNS data. (CVE-2007-3377)

Users of Net::DNS should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected perl-net-dns package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?27c658fb

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d6179c3

http://www.nessus.org/u?ddf13e9b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25715

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0675.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-net-dns, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3377

BID: 24669

RHSA: 2007:0675