Executive Summary

Summary
Title bind security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2012:1268 First vendor Publication 2012-09-14
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2012-09-14
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated bind packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

A flaw was found in the way BIND handled resource records with a large RDATA value. A malicious owner of a DNS domain could use this flaw to create specially-crafted DNS resource records, that would cause a recursive resolver or secondary server to exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-4244)

Users of bind are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted automatically.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

856754 - CVE-2012-4244 bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1268.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17855
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17855
Title: USN-1566-1 -- bind9 vulnerability
Description: Bind could be made to crash or if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1566-1
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): bind9
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19433
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19433
Title: HP-UX Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Authentication Bypass
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-4244
Version: 10
Platform(s): HP-UX 11
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20071
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20071
Title: DSA-2547-1 bind9 - improper assert
Description: It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, does not handle DNS records properly which approach size limits inherent to the DNS protocol. An attacker could use crafted DNS records to crash the BIND server process, leading to a denial of service.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2547-1
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): bind9
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20748
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20748
Title: VMware vSphere security updates for the authentication service and third party libraries
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21106
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21106
Title: RHSA-2012:1266: bind97 security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:1266-00
CESA-2012:1266
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21478
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21478
Title: RHSA-2012:1268: bind security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:1268-01
CESA-2012:1268
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21502
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21502
Title: RHSA-2012:1267: bind security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:1267-00
CESA-2012:1267
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23169
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23169
Title: ELSA-2012:1266: bind97 security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:1266-00
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23183
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23183
Title: ELSA-2012:1267: bind security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:1267-00
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23834
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23834
Title: ELSA-2012:1268: bind security update (Important)
Description: ISC BIND 9.x before 9.7.6-P3, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P3, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P3, and 9.4-ESV and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and named daemon exit) via a query for a long resource record.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:1268-01
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26980
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26980
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1266 -- bind97 security update (important)
Description: [32:9.7.0-10.P2.3] - fix CVE-2012-4244
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-1266
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind97
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27633
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27633
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1268 -- bind security update (important)
Description: [32:9.8.2-0.10.rc1.3] - fix CVE-2012-4244
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-1268
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27713
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27713
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1267 -- bind security and bug fix update (important)
Description: [30:9.3.6-20.P1.4] - bind-chroot-admin: set correct permissions on /etc/named.conf during update [30:9.3.6-20.P1.3] - fix CVE-2012-4244
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-1267
CVE-2012-4244
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bind
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 278

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-12-13 Name : SuSE Update for bind openSUSE-SU-2012:1192-1 (bind)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_1192_1.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-14030
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14030_bind_fc16.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Mandriva Update for bind MDVSA-2012:152-1 (bind)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_152_1.nasl
2012-09-26 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-04 (bind)
File : nvt/glsa_201209_04.nasl
2012-09-25 Name : Fedora Update for bind FEDORA-2012-14106
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14106_bind_fc17.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : CentOS Update for bind97 CESA-2012:1266 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1266_bind97_centos5.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : CentOS Update for bind CESA-2012:1267 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1267_bind_centos5.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : CentOS Update for bind CESA-2012:1268 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1268_bind_centos6.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : RedHat Update for bind97 RHSA-2012:1266-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1266-01_bind97.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : RedHat Update for bind RHSA-2012:1267-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1267-01_bind.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : RedHat Update for bind RHSA-2012:1268-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1268-01_bind.nasl
2012-09-17 Name : Ubuntu Update for bind9 USN-1566-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1566_1.nasl
2012-09-15 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2547-1 (bind9)
File : nvt/deb_2547_1.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2013-09-19 IAVM : 2013-A-0179 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2013-004
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0040373
2013-02-07 IAVM : 2013-A-0031 - Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0036787

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-04-21 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0066.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-22 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0055.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_esx_VMSA-2013-0001_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_bind_20130129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1324.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1325.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-10 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL14201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-296.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2013-004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_10_8_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2012-124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1268.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1365.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_4b79538ba45011e29898001060e06fd4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-16 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2013-0001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_bind-120916.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_bind-121015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_bind-8322.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-03 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-152.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-14030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-14106.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-13922.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120914_bind_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-1268.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_bind-8298.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120914_bind_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120914_bind97_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-17 Name : The remote name server may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
File : bind9_991_p3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-1267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-1266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1566-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1268.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2547.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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