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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : bind9 vulnerability (USN-1163-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55522

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain specially crafted packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1163-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55522

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1163-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns36, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns66, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns69, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2464

USN: 1163-1