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openSUSE 10 Security Update : pdns (pdns-5242)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33089

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

pdns used predictable random numbers for DNS responses. Therfore attackers could generate spoofed DNS responses (CVE-2008-1637).

Solution

Update the affected pdns package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33089

File Name: suse_pdns-5242.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1637

CWE: 189