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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831678
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for bind MDVSA-2012:089 (bind)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind:

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P1, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P1, 9.9.x before
9.9.1-P1, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P1 does not
properly handle resource records with a zero-length RDATA section,
which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon
crash or data corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process
memory via a crafted record (CVE-2012-1667).

The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.6-P1 and 9.8.3-P1
which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
bind on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
8.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1667
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 53772
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53772
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#381699
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381699
Debian Security Information: DSA-2486 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2486
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02795
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134132772016230&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT100878
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:089
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0717
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0717.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1110
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1110.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51096
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0741 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0722 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00005.html
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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