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Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: FreeBSD CVE-2012-3817 ISC BIND 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.6.x, and 9.7.x before 9.7.6-P2, 9.8.x before 9.8.3-P2, 9.9.x before 9.9.1-P2, and 9.6-ESV before 9.6-ESV-R7-P2, when DNSSEC validation is enabled, does not properly initialize the failing-query cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by sending many queries.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.