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RHEL 6 : bind (RHSA-2020:2383)
high Nessus Plugin ID 137070
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2383 advisory.- bind: BIND does not sufficiently limit the number of fetches performed when processing referrals (CVE-2020-8616)
- bind: A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c (CVE-2020-8617)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8616
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8617
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2383
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 137070
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2383.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/3/2020
Updated: 3/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8616
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-chroot, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-8616, CVE-2020-8617