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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-08 (bind)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-08 (bind) addresses DNS protocol weakness leading to cache poisoning on recursive resolvers. Upgrade to version >=net-dns/bind-9.4.2_p1 to mitigate this weakness

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61383");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1447");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-03-24 18:19:00 +0000 (Tue, 24 Mar 2020)");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-08 (bind)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A weakness in the DNS protocol has been reported, which could lead to cache
poisoning on recursive resolvers.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/bind-9.4.2_p1'

Note: In order to utilize the query port randomization to mitigate the
weakness, you need to make sure that your network setup allows the DNS
server to use random source ports for query and that you have not set a
fixed query port via the 'query-source port' directive in the BIND
configuration.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200807-08");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231201");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200807-08.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-dns/bind", unaffected: make_list("ge 9.4.2_p1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 9.4.2_p1"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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24 Sep 2008 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS25
CVSS36.8
EPSS0.92309
12
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