FreeBSD : bind -- denial of service vulnerability (cd409df7-f483-11e5-92ce-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90239

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

ISC reports :

A response containing multiple DNS cookies causes servers with cookie support enabled to exit with an assertion failure.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01351

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5b70398

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90239

File Name: freebsd_pkg_cd409df7f48311e592ce002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 3/28/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind9-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bind910, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2088