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CentOS Update for bind CESA-2013:1114 centos6

🗓️ 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for bind CESA-2013:1114 centos6. The update fixes a denial of service flaw in BIND due to a specially-crafted DNS query that could crash the named service

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881775");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-08-01 18:44:42 +0530 (Thu, 01 Aug 2013)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4854");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_name("CentOS Update for bind CESA-2013:1114 centos6");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"bind on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the
Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named)  a
resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with
DNS)  and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

A denial of service flaw was found in BIND. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to send a specially-crafted DNS query to named that, when
processed, would cause named to crash when rejecting the malformed query.
(CVE-2013-4854)

All bind users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the
update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2013:1114");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-July/019879.html");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  exit(0);
}

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

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind", rpm:"bind~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-chroot", rpm:"bind-chroot~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-devel", rpm:"bind-devel~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-libs", rpm:"bind-libs~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-sdb", rpm:"bind-sdb~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-utils", rpm:"bind-utils~9.8.2~0.17.rc1.el6_4.5", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.3415
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