CentOS 7 : bind (CESA-2019:0194)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121548

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

Security Fix(es) :

* bind: Crash from assertion error when debug log level is 10 and log entries meet buffer boundary (CVE-2018-5742)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected bind packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121548

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-0194.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 2/4/2019

Updated: 2/20/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bind-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5742

RHSA: 2019:0194

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