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GLSA-201805-01 : hesiod: Root privilege escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109533

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201805-01 (hesiod: Root privilege escalation)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Impact :

 A remote or local attacker may be able to escalate privileges to root.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for hesiod and recommends that users unmerge the package:
 # emerge --unmerge 'net-dns/hesiod'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109533

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201805-01.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/3/2018

Updated: 9/4/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:hesiod, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10151, CVE-2016-10152

GLSA: 201805-01