Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDVSA-2012:119)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61969

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind :

High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a bad cache data structure before it has been initialized (CVE-2012-3817).

The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.6-P2 and 9.8.3-P2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.6-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.7.6-P2.txt

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.8.3-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.8.3-P2.txt

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61969

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-119.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3817

BID: 54658

MDVSA: 2012:119