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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : bind Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0137)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154482

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Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has bind packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A malicious actor who intentionally exploits this lack of effective limitation on the number of fetches performed when processing referrals can, through the use of specially crafted referrals, cause a recursing server to issue a very large number of fetches in an attempt to process the referral. This has at least two potential effects: The performance of the recursing server can potentially be degraded by the additional work required to perform these fetches, and The attacker can exploit this behavior to use the recursing server as a reflector in a reflection attack with a high amplification factor. (CVE-2020-8616)

 - Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successfully guesses) the name of a TSIG key used by the server. Since BIND, by default, configures a local session key even on servers whose configuration does not otherwise make use of it, almost all current BIND servers are vulnerable. In releases of BIND dating from March 2018 and after, an assertion check in tsig.c detects this inconsistent state and deliberately exits. Prior to the introduction of the check the server would continue operating in an inconsistent state, with potentially harmful results. (CVE-2020-8617)

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 bind 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-2021-0137

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-8616

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-8617

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154482

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0137_bind.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 10/27/2021

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: 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:zte:cgsl_core:bind, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-export-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-export-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-export-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-export-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:bind-utils, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8616, CVE-2020-8617

IAVA: 2020-A-0217-S