dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to the query, allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.0.

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

  - dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to
    the query, allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. This vulnerability is fixed in
    3.6.0. (CVE-2024-25638)

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

  - dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java. Records in DNS replies are not checked for their relevance to     the query, allowing an attacker to respond with RRs from different zones. This vulnerability is fixed in     3.6.0. (CVE-2024-25638)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
460624	Echo: multiple dnsjava packages: security update to 3.6.0	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
460624	Echo: multiple dnsjava packages: security update to 3.6.0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
227614	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25638	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
413874	SCA: security update for dnsjava:dnsjava (GHSA-cfxw-4h78-h7fw)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
413874	SCA: security update for dnsjava:dnsjava (GHSA-cfxw-4h78-h7fw)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2024-25638

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high

high

high