SuSE 11.1 Security Update : bind (SAT Patch Number 4846)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55547

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A remote Denial of Service vulnerability has been fixed in bind.
Specially crafted packets could cause bind servers (recursive as well as authoritative) to exit.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4846.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703907

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2464.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55547

File Name: suse_11_bind-110706.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bind-utils, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2464