Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
Insight
The following package is affected: FreeBSD
CVE-2012-3817
ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2 9.8.x before
9.8.3-P2
9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2
and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2,
when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2012-3817 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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