GLSA-201610-07 : BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 93994

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201610-07 (BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition through multiple attack vectors.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.10.4_p3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93994

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201610-07.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 10/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bind, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8704, CVE-2015-8705, CVE-2016-1285, CVE-2016-1286, CVE-2016-2088, CVE-2016-2775, CVE-2016-2776, CVE-2016-6170

GLSA: 201610-07

IAVA: 2017-A-0004