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CentOS 9 : c-ares-1.19.1-1.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191301

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for c-ares.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the c-ares-1.19.1-1.el9 build changelog.

 - AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation [rhel-9] (CVE-2023-31124)

 - Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() [rhel-9] (CVE-2023-31130)

 - Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs [rhel-9] (CVE-2023-31147)

 - 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service [rhel-9.3.0] (CVE-2023-32067)

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 CentOS 9 Stream c-ares package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=33278

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191301

File Name: centos9_c-ares-1_19_1-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:c-ares-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31124, CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-31147, CVE-2023-32067