Debian DLA-2568-1 : bind9 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 146736

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow attack in the bind9 DNS server caused by an issue in the GSSAPI ('Generic Security Services') security policy negotiation.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.

For the detailed security status of bind9 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/bind9

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00029.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/bind9

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/bind9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146736

File Name: debian_DLA-2568.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2021

Updated: 3/2/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbind-export-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisc-export160, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdns162, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libirs-export141, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccc-export140-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdns-export162-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccfg-export140, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9-host, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbind-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccc-export140, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libirs-export141-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lwresd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdns-export162, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisc160, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblwres141, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libirs141, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisc-export160-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccc140, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccfg140, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbind9-140, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libisccfg-export140-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8625