ISC BIND 9 Cache Update Policy Deleted Domain Name Resolving Weakness

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6805

Synopsis

The remote DNS server may be affected by a DNS integrity vulnerability

Description

The remote host is running Bind, a popular name server.

Versions of BIND 9.6-ESV earlier than 9.6-ESV-R6, 9.7.x earlier than 9.7.5, 9.8.x earlier than 9.8.2, and than 9.9.0 are potentially affected by the following vulnerability. The remote installation of BIND will continue to allow revoked domain names to be resolved due to an issue related to the cache update policy

Solution

Upgrade to BIND 9.6-ESV-R6 / 9.7.5 / 9.8.2 / 9.9.0 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 6805

Family: DNS Servers

Published: 5/10/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 62355

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1033

BID: 51898

IAVA: 2012-A-0189