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openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2016-1004)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 93064
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for pdns fixes the following issues :- CVE-2016-6172: malicious primary DNS servers can crash secondaries through large transfers (boo#987872)
As mitigation, the xfr-max-received-mbytes config option was added, defaulting to to 100 (MB).
Solution
Update the affected pdns packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 93064
File Name: openSUSE-2016-1004.nasl
Version: 2.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/22/2016
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns-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-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:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-6172