ISC BIND 9.18.0 < 9.18.7 / 9.19.0 < 9.19.5 Vulnerability (cve-2022-2881)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165310

Synopsis

The remote name server is affected by a vulnerability vulnerability.

Description

The version of ISC BIND installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cve-2022-2881 advisory.

- The underlying bug might cause read past end of the buffer and either read memory it should not read, or crash the process. (CVE-2022-2881)

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

Solution

Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.18.7 / 9.19.5 or later.

See Also

https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2022-2881

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165310

File Name: bind9_9195_cve-2022-2881.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 9/22/2022

Updated: 1/26/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, bind/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2881

IAVA: 2022-A-0387-S