openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-SU-2012:0200-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75992

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of PowerDNS fixes a Denial of Service flaw which could be exploited by remote attackers via specially crafted DNS queries (CVE-2012-0206).

Solution

Update the affected pdns packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740255

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00002.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75992

File Name: suse_11_4_pdns-120203.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:novell:opensuse:pdns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0206