F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (SOL13660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86003

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) (process crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory by way of a crafted record. (CVE-2012-1667)

Solution

Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution SOL13660.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86003

File Name: f5_bigip_SOL13660.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Family: F5 Networks Local Security Checks

Published: 9/18/2015

Updated: 3/10/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_link_controller, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager, cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip, cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/BIG-IP/hotfix, Host/BIG-IP/modules, Host/BIG-IP/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1667

BID: 53772

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