8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.898 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.8%
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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0524");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8500");
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:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0524)");
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-2014-0524");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0524.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14764");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01216");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01224");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0524 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Updated bind packages fix security vulnerability:
By making use of maliciously-constructed zones or a rogue server, an attacker
can exploit an oversight in the code BIND 9 uses to follow delegations in the
Domain Name Service, causing BIND to issue unlimited queries in an attempt to
follow the delegation. This can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of
service (up to and including termination of the named server process)
(CVE-2014-8500).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'bind' 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:"bind", rpm:"bind~9.9.6.P1~1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-devel", rpm:"bind-devel~9.9.6.P1~1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-doc", rpm:"bind-doc~9.9.6.P1~1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-sdb", rpm:"bind-sdb~9.9.6.P1~1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bind-utils", rpm:"bind-utils~9.9.6.P1~1.mga4", rls:"MAGEIA4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);