The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. A flaw in BIND's DNSSEC validation could cause named to exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 89 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Debian DSA-3304-1 : bind9 - security update | 8 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIND vulnerability (SOL16912) | 29 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 7 : bind (ELSA-2015-1443) | 21 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DLA-270-1 : bind9 security update | 14 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL7.x x86_64 (20150720) | 21 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 7 : bind (CESA-2015:1443) | 21 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : bind (ELSA-2015-1471) | 30 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 6 : bind (RHSA-2015:1471) | 23 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722) | 4 Aug 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | ISC BIND 9.7.x < 9.9.7-P1 / 9.10.x < 9.10.2-P2 Resolver DNSSEC Validation DoS | 14 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus |
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2015-566.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(84926);
script_version("2.8");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4620");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2015-566");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2015-566)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A flaw was found in the way BIND performed DNSSEC validation. An
attacker able to make BIND (functioning as a DNS resolver with DNSSEC
validation enabled) resolve a name in an attacker-controlled domain
could cause named to exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-566.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Run 'yum update bind' to update your system."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-chroot");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/07/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/23");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-devel-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-libs-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-utils-9.8.2-0.30.rc1.37.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "bind / bind-chroot / bind-debuginfo / bind-devel / bind-libs / etc");
}
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