| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the SSA:2006-310-01 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
and 11.0 to fix security issues. The minimum OpenSSL version was raised to
OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.8d to avoid exposure to known security flaws
in older versions (these patches were already issued for Slackware). If you
have not upgraded yet, get those as well to prevent a potentially exploitable
security problem in named.
In addition, the default RSA exponent was changed from 3 to 65537.
Both of these issues are essentially the same as ones discovered in OpenSSL at
the end of September 2006, only now there's protection against compiling using
the wrong OpenSSL version. RSA keys using exponent 3 (which was previously
BIND's default) will need to be regenerated to protect against the forging of
RRSIGs.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
[link moved to references]
Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bind-9.3.2_P2-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz:
Upgraded to bind-9.3.2-P2. This fixes some security issues related to
previous fixes in OpenSSL. The minimum OpenSSL version was raised to
OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.8d to avoid exposure to known security flaws
in older versions (these patches were already issued for Slackware). If you
have not upgraded yet, get those as well to prevent a potentially exploitable
security problem in named. In addition, the default RSA exponent was changed
from 3 to 65537. RSA keys using exponent 3 (which was previously BIND's
default) will need to be regenerated to protect against the forging
of RRSIGs.
For more information, see:
[link moved to references]
(* Security fix *)
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Affected Software/OS:
'bind' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware 10.0, Slackware 10.1, Slackware 10.2, Slackware 11.0.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
4.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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