SUSE SLES12: bind / bind-chrootenv / bind-devel / bind-doc / bind-utils / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3499-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 165679

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3499-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-2795: Fixed potential performance degredation due to missing database lookup limits when processing large delegations (bsc#1203614).
- CVE-2022-38177: Fixed a memory leak that could be externally triggered in the DNSSEC verification code for the ECDSA algorithm (bsc#1203619).
- CVE-2022-38178: Fixed memory leaks that could be externally triggered in the DNSSEC verification code for the EdDSA algorithm (bsc#1203620).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 165679

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3499-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2795

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccfg163, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1107, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1107-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccc161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns1110, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbind9-161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblwres161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils

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: 10/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2795, CVE-2022-38177, CVE-2022-38178

IAVA: 2022-A-0387-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3499-1

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