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SCA: security update for dns-packet (GHSA-3wcq-x3mq-6r9p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409729

Description

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

 - This affects the package dns-packet before 5.2.2. It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always
 fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted
 network when querying crafted invalid domain names. (CVE-2021-23386)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wcq-x3mq-6r9p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409729

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23386