AIX 5.3 TL 12 : bind9 (IV62327)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 77256

Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a security patch.

Description

The default configuration of ISC BIND before 9.4.1-P1, when configured as a caching name server, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses. Please see following for more information :

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0987

Solution

Install the appropriate interim fix.

See Also

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/bind9_advisory6.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77256

File Name: aix_IV62327.nasl

Version: $Revision: 1.1 $

Type: local

Published: 2014/08/20

Modified: 2014/08/20

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSSv2

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix:5.3

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/lslpp, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version

Patch Publication Date: 2014/08/15

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2014/08/15

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0987