openSUSE Security Update : pdns (openSUSE-2017-112)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96583

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for pdns fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-2120: Crafted zone record could have caused a denial of service (bsc#1018329).

- CVE-2016-7068: Crafted queries could have caused abnormal CPU usage (bsc#1018326).

- CVE-2016-7072: Denial of service via the web server (bsc#1018327).

- CVE-2016-7073: Fixed insufficient validation of TSIG signatures (bsc#1018328).

- CVE-2016-7074: Fixed insufficient validation of TSIG signatures ((bsc#1018328).

Solution

Update the affected pdns packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96583

File Name: openSUSE-2017-112.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/18/2017

Updated: 1/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7074

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-sqlite3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-mydns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pdns-backend-lua-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2120, CVE-2016-7068, CVE-2016-7072, CVE-2016-7073, CVE-2016-7074

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