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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702656
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2656-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'bind9' package(s) announced via the DSA-2656-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'bind9' package(s) announced via the DSA-2656-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Matthew Horsfall of Dyn, Inc. discovered that BIND, a DNS server, is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted DNS query to named that, when processed, would cause named to use an excessive amount of memory, or possibly crash.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~
squeeze10.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu1.

We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'bind9' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2266
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 58736
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58736
Debian Security Information: DSA-2656 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2656
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101500.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101603.html
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02876
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136804614120794&w=2
HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT101148
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19579
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0689
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0689.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0690
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0690.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1783-1
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