The dnslib package through 0.9.16 for Python does not verify that the ID value in a DNS reply matches an ID value in a query.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The dnslib package through 0.9.16 for Python does not verify that the ID value in a DNS reply matches an     ID value in a query. (CVE-2022-22846)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The dnslib package through 0.9.16 for Python does not verify that the ID value in a DNS reply matches an
    ID value in a query. (CVE-2022-22846)

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-96c31cc8f6 advisory.

    Automatic update for python-dnslib-0.9.21-1.fc38.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Tue Sep 27 2022 Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch> - 0.9.21-1
    - Update to latest upstream release 0.9.21
    - Fix for CVE-2022-22846 (closes rhbz#2042610, closes rhbz#2042611)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257387	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-22846	Nessus	Misc.	medium
418471	SCA: security update for dnslib (GHSA-r478-c2pc-m7gx)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
418471	SCA: security update for dnslib (GHSA-r478-c2pc-m7gx)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
210998	Fedora 38 : python-dnslib (2022-96c31cc8f6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-22846

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

high

high

medium