RHEL 4 : bind (RHSA-2012:1365)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193976

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for bind.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1365 advisory.

- bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit (CVE-2012-4244)

- bind: Specially crafted DNS data can cause a lockup in named (CVE-2012-5166)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL bind package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1365.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-4244

http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-5166

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856754

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864273

http://www.nessus.org/u?d665848b

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1365

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193976

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1365.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4244

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4244, CVE-2012-5166

RHSA: 2012:1365