Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bind9
announced via advisory DSA 2486-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202486-1
Insight
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, can crash while processing resource records containing no data bytes. Both authoritative servers and resolvers are affected.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5.
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-1667 -
CVSS Base Score: 8.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
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