RHEL 3 / 5 : perl-Net-DNS (RHSA-2007:0674)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25726

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated perl-Net-DNS packages that correct two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 5.

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)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Net::DNS parsed certain DNS requests. A malformed response to a DNS request could cause the application using Net::DNS to crash or stop responding.
(CVE-2007-3409)

Users of Net::DNS should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Net-DNS package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25726

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0674.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/18/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-net-dns, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3377, CVE-2007-3409

BID: 24669

RHSA: 2007:0674

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