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Amazon Linux 2 : bind (ALAS-2019-1170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122676

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

Crash from assertion error when debug log level is 10 and log entries meet buffer boundary. This flaw appears to be exploitable only when debug logging is enabled and set to at least a level of 10. As this configuration should be rare in production instances of bind, it is unlikely that most servers will be exploitable. The debug level of the bind server can be checked via the rndc status command, which will return the current trace level as 'debug level'. A value of 10 or above would most likely make this flaw exploitable.(CVE-2018-5742)

Solution

Run 'yum update bind' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1170.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122676

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1170.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2019

Updated: 2/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-utils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5742

ALAS: 2019-1170