Fedora 18 : bind-dyndb-ldap-2.0-0.3.20121009git6a86b1.fc18 / bind-9.9.2-2.fc18 / etc (2012-16022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62647

Synopsis

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

Description

Update to the latest BIND packages to fix CVE-2012-5166 and incorporate other fixes from upstream. Packages dhcp, bind-dyndb-ldap and dnsperf were rebuilt.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?95bf508d

http://www.nessus.org/u?d2dd5629

http://www.nessus.org/u?f77e3c31

http://www.nessus.org/u?b050bb9b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62647

File Name: fedora_2012-16022.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind-dyndb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dnsperf, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5166

BID: 55852

FEDORA: 2012-16022