RHEL 8 : dnsmasq (RHSA-2021:4153)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155168

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for dnsmasq.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4153 advisory.

- dnsmasq: fixed outgoing port used when --server is used with an interface name (CVE-2021-3448)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL dnsmasq package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4153.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155168

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4153.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnsmasq-utils

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: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3448

CWE: 358

RHSA: 2021:4153

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