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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871664
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for bind97 RHSA-2016:1945-01
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind97'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind97'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Security Fix(es):

* A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND constructed a response
to a query that met certain criteria. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially
crafted DNS request packet. (CVE-2016-2776)

Red Hat would like to thank ISC for reporting this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
bind97 on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2776
BugTraq ID: 93188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93188
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40453/
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-16:28
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:28.bind.asc
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-07
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1944
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1944.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1945
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1945.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2099
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2099.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036903
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