Debian DSA-3319-1 : bind9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 85053

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jonathan Foote discovered that the BIND DNS server does not properly handle TKEY queries. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service via a specially crafted query triggering an assertion failure and causing BIND to exit.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u6.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=793903

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/bind9

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/bind9

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3319

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85053

File Name: debian_DSA-3319.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5477

DSA: 3319