Debian DSA-3703-1 : bind9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94478

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tony Finch and Marco Davids reported an assertion failure in BIND, a DNS server implementation, which causes the server process to terminate. This denial-of-service vulnerability is related to a defect in the processing of responses with DNAME records from authoritative servers and primarily affects recursive resolvers.

Solution

Upgrade the bind9 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u8.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94478

File Name: debian_DSA-3703.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/3/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:debian:debian_linux:bind9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8864

DSA: 3703

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