Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bind9
announced via advisory DSA 2560-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202560-1
Insight
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, hangs while constructing the additional section of a DNS reply, when certain combinations of resource records are present. This vulnerability affects both recursive and authoritative servers.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze8.
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5166 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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