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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2021:1469-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 149269
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for bind fixes the following issues :CVE-2021-25214: Fixed a broken inbound incremental zone update (IXFR) which could have caused named to terminate unexpectedly (bsc#1185345).
CVE-2021-25215: Fixed an assertion check which could have failed while answering queries for DNAME records that required the DNAME to be processed to resolve itself (bsc#1185345).
CVE-2021-25216: Fixed an issue where policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack (bsc#1185345).
MD5 warning message using host, dig, nslookup (bind-utils) with FIPS enabled (bsc#1181495).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1469=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-SAP :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-LTSS-SAP-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON-2021-1469=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-1469=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 :
zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-1469=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181495
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185345
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25214/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25215/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 149269
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1469-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/5/2021
Updated: 5/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25216
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
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2021