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RHEL 9 : bind (RHSA-2022:8068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167605

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8068 advisory.

 - bind: DNS forwarders - cache poisoning vulnerability (CVE-2021-25220)

 - bind: DoS from specifically crafted TCP packets (CVE-2022-0396)

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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25220

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0396

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8068

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2064512

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2064513

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167605

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8068.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 5/25/2023

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bind, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Reference Information

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

CWE: 404, 444, 459

IAVA: 2022-A-0122-S

RHSA: 2022:8068