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Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2016-745)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93537

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

It was found that the lightweight resolver could crash due to an error when asked to resolve a query name which, when combined with a search list entry, exceeds the maximum allowable length. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash lwresd or named when using the 'lwres' statement in named.conf.

Solution

Run 'yum update bind' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-745.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93537

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-745.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2016

Updated: 1/23/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2775

ALAS: 2016-745

IAVA: 2017-A-0004