Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bind
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8119.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update bind' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-8119
Insight
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named), which resolves host names to IP addresses
a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS) and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.
Update Information:
Update to the latest release which fixes important security issue.
ChangeLog:
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Adam Tkac 32:9.6.1-4.P1
- 9.6.1-P1 release (CVE-2009-0696)
- fix postun trigger (#513016, hopefully)
* Mon Jul 13 2009 Adam Tkac 32:9.6.1-3
- fix broken symlinks in bind-libs (#509635)
- fix typos in /etc/sysconfig/named (#509650)
- add DEBUG option to /etc/sysconfig/named (#510283)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0696 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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