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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Bind vulnerability (USN-6421-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182789

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6421-1 advisory.

 - The code that processes control channel messages sent to `named` calls certain functions recursively during packet parsing. Recursion depth is only limited by the maximum accepted packet size; depending on the environment, this may cause the packet-parsing code to run out of available stack memory, causing `named` to terminate unexpectedly. Since each incoming control channel message is fully parsed before its contents are authenticated, exploiting this flaw does not require the attacker to hold a valid RNDC key;
 only network access to the control channel's configured TCP port is necessary. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.2.0 through 9.16.43, 9.18.0 through 9.18.18, 9.19.0 through 9.19.16, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.43-S1, and 9.18.0-S1 through 9.18.18-S1. (CVE-2023-3341)

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-6421-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182789

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6421-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2023

Updated: 2/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2023-3341

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc-export140-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc140, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg-export140, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind-export-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg140, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwres141, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwres160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwres90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lwresd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind9-140, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind9-160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind9-90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns-export1100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns-export162, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns1100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns162, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs-export141, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs141, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libirs160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc-export160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc-export169, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc160, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc169, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc95, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc-export140

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3341

IAVA: 2023-A-0500-S

USN: 6421-1