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HistoryDec 11, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3096-1 (pdns-recursor - security update)

2014-12-1100:00:00
Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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22

EPSS

0.094

Percentile

94.8%

Florian Maury from ANSSI discovered a
flaw in pdns-recursor, a recursive DNS server : a remote attacker controlling
maliciously-constructed zones or a rogue server could affect the
performance of pdns-recursor, thus leading to resource exhaustion and
a potential denial-of-service.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3096.nasl 9136 2018-03-19 13:08:02Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3096-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703096);
    script_version("$Revision: 9136 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8601");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3096-1 (pdns-recursor - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2018-03-19 14:08:02 +0100 (Mon, 19 Mar 2018) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2014-12-11 00:00:00 +0100 (Thu, 11 Dec 2014)");
    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_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3096.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "pdns-recursor on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "PowerDNS is a versatile nameserver
which supports a large number of different backends ranging from simple zonefiles
to relational databases and load balancing/failover algorithms.
PowerDNS tries to emphasize speed and security.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and unstable
distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pdns-recursor packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Florian Maury from ANSSI discovered a
flaw in pdns-recursor, a recursive DNS server : a remote attacker controlling
maliciously-constructed zones or a rogue server could affect the
performance of pdns-recursor, thus leading to resource exhaustion and
a potential denial-of-service.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-recursor", ver:"3.3-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-recursor-dbg", ver:"3.3-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}