Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831754
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Update for bind MDVSA-2012:177 (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: BIND 9 nameservers using the DNS64 IPv6 transition mechanism are vulnerable to a software defect that allows a crafted query to crash the server with a REQUIRE assertion failure. Remote exploitation of this defect can be achieved without extensive effort, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) vector against affected servers (CVE-2012-5688). The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.8.4-P1 which is not vulnerable to this issue. Affected Software/OS: bind on Mandriva Linux 2011.0 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-2012-5688 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1549 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1549.html http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.536004 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1657-1
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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