GLSA-201502-03 : BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 81226

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201502-03 (BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition by the lack of GeoIP databases, or via a large or infinite number of referrals.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All bind users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.10.1_p1'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81226

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201502-03.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/9/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bind, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3214, CVE-2014-8500, CVE-2014-8680

BID: 71590

GLSA: 201502-03

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