FreeBSD : PowerDNS -- Denial of Service Vulnerability (3338f87c-3d5f-11e1-a00a-000c6eb41cf7)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57529

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The PowerDNS Team reports :

Using well crafted UDP packets, one or more PowerDNS servers could be made to enter a tight packet loop, causing temporary denial of service.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b24a853a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57529

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3338f87c3d5f11e1a00a000c6eb41cf7.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 1/13/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:powerdns-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0206