AIX bind Advisory : bind_advisory12.asc (IV84456) (IV84457) (IV84458) (IV84459) (IV84947) (IV84984) (IV85296) (IV85297) (IV85298)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102124

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host has a version of bind installed that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of bind installed on the remote AIX host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in files sexpr.c and alist.c when handling control channel packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted packets sent to the control channel (rndc) interface, to cause an assertion failure and daemon exit. (CVE-2016-1285)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in files resolver.c and db.c when handling DNAME resource signatures. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted query that generates a response containing a signature record, to cause an assertion failure and daemon exit. (CVE-2016-1286)

Solution

A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102124

File Name: aix_bind_advisory12.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Family: AIX Local Security Checks

Published: 8/3/2017

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind, cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/lslpp, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1285, CVE-2016-1286

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