NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : unbound Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0079)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143965

Synopsis

The remote machine is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has unbound packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an NXNSAttack issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records. (CVE-2020-12662)

- Unbound before 1.10.1 has an infinite loop via malformed DNS answers received from upstream servers.
(CVE-2020-12663)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL unbound packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2020-0079

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143965

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2020-0079_unbound.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 12/10/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12663

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12662, CVE-2020-12663