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HistoryJan 28, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0522)

2022-01-2800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
14
mageia 4
pdns-recursor
cve-2014-8601
denial of service
vendorfix

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.094

Percentile

94.8%

The remote host is missing an update for the

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0522");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8601");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-28 10:58:44 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jan 2022)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:08+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:08 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0522)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA4");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2014-0522");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0522.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14695");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/06/20/recursor-3-6-0-released/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/09/10/security-update-powerdns-recursor-3-6-1/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.powerdns.com/2014/10/30/recursor-3-6-2/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2014-02/");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'pdns-recursor' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0522 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Updated pdns-recursor package fixes security vulnerability:

PowerDNS Recursor before version 3.6.2, could be negatively impacted by
specially configured, hard to resolve domain names. A remote attacker, by
sending a query for such a domain name, could cause severe performance
degradation in PowerDNS Recursor, causing a denial of service (CVE-2014-8601).

The pdns-recursor package has been updated to version 3.6.2, fixing this issue
and several other bugs, as well as providing additional features.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pdns-recursor' package(s) on Mageia 4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "MAGEIA4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pdns-recursor", rpm:"pdns-recursor~3.6.2~1.1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.094

Percentile

94.8%