Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0353
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0353)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0353 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0353 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated bind packages fix security vulnerability: In ISC BIND, a defect in the, this 'deny-answer-aliases' feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Accidental or deliberate triggering of this defect will cause a REQUIRE assertion failure in named, causing the named process to stop execution and resulting in denial of service to clients (CVE-2018-5740). Note that only servers which have explicitly enabled the 'deny-answer-aliases' feature are at risk and disabling the feature prevents exploitation. Affected Software/OS: 'bind' package(s) on Mageia 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-5740 BugTraq ID: 105055 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105055 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-13 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00033.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00001.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2570 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2570 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2571 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2571 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041436 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1532 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00026.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1533 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00027.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3769-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3769-2/
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