Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bind
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:181.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:181
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ISC BIND:
The dns_db_findrdataset function in db.c in named in ISC BIND 9.4 before 9.4.3-P3, 9.5 before 9.5.1-P3, and 9.6 before 9.6.1-P1, when configured as a master server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an ANY record in the prerequisite section of a crafted dynamic update message, as exploited in the wild in July 2009 (CVE-2009-0696).
This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
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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