SCA: security update for DNS (GHSA-g3wc-xv93-445q)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414833

Description

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

- A vulnerability was found in kapetan dns up to 6.1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this
issue is some unknown functionality of the file DNS/Protocol/Request.cs. The manipulation leads to
insufficient entropy in prng. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 7.0.0 is able to
address this issue. The name of the patch is cf7105aa2aae90d6656088fe5a8ee1d5730773b6. It is recommended
to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216188. (CVE-2021-4248)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3wc-xv93-445q

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414833

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4248

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4248

cwe: CWE-330