FreeBSD : BIND -- multiple vulnerabilities (94599fe0-5ca3-11e8-8be1-d05099c0ae8c)
high Nessus Plugin ID 109929
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
ISC reports :An error in zone database reference counting can lead to an assertion failure if a server which is running an affected version of BIND attempts several transfers of a slave zone in quick succession.
A problem with the implementation of the new serve-stale feature in BIND 9.12 can lead to an assertion failure in rbtdb.c, even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, problematic interaction between the serve-stale feature and NSEC aggressive negative caching can in some cases cause undesirable behavior from named, such as a recursion loop or excessive logging.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01602
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 109929
File Name: freebsd_pkg_94599fe05ca311e88be1d05099c0ae8c.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 5/21/2018
Updated: 2/14/2019
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:freebsd:bind912:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-5736, CVE-2018-5737