SUSE SLES15 Security Update : dnsdist (SUSE-SU-2023:2777-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177989

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2777-1 advisory.

- Implements package 'dnsdist' with version 1.8.0 in SLE15. (jsc#PED-3402)
- Downstream DNS resolver configuration should be chosen by the admin
- Security fix: fixes a possible record smugging with a crafted DNS query with trailing data (CVE-2018-14663, bsc#1114511)
- Security fix: There is an issue that can lead to a denial of service on 32-bit if a backend sends crafted answers. (CVE-2016-7069, bsc#1054799)
- Security fix: Alteration of dnsdist's ACL if the API is enabled, writable and an authenticated user is tricked into visiting a crafted website. (CVE-2017-7557, bsc#1054799)
- SNMP support, exporting statistics and sending traps
- Preventing the packet cache from ageing responses when deployed in
- Various DNSCrypt-related fixes and improvements, including automatic key rotation

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 dnsdist package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177989

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2777-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7557

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dnsdist, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7069, CVE-2017-7557, CVE-2018-14663

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2777-1

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