Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Bind vulnerabilities (USN-5332-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159059

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5332-1 advisory.

- BIND 9.16.11 -> 9.16.26, 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 and versions 9.16.11-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. Specifically crafted TCP streams can cause connections to BIND to remain in CLOSE_WAIT status for an indefinite period of time, even after the client has terminated the connection.
(CVE-2022-0396)

- BIND 9.11.0 -> 9.11.36 9.12.0 -> 9.16.26 9.17.0 -> 9.18.0 BIND Supported Preview Editions: 9.11.4-S1 -> 9.11.36-S1 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.26-S1 Versions of BIND 9 earlier than those shown - back to 9.1.0, including Supported Preview Editions - are also believed to be affected but have not been tested as they are EOL.
The cache could become poisoned with incorrect records leading to queries being made to the wrong servers, which might also result in false information being returned to clients. (CVE-2021-25220)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5332-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159059

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5332-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind-export-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind9-160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns-export1100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns1100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc-export169, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc169, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwres160

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25220, CVE-2022-0396

IAVA: 2022-A-0122-S

USN: 5332-1