RHEL 8 : unbound (RHSA-2024:1804)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193318

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1804 advisory.

- bind9: KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator (CVE-2023-50387)

- bind9: Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources (CVE-2023-50868)

- unbound: unrestricted reconfiguration enabled to anyone that may lead to local privilege escalation (CVE-2024-1488)

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 RHEL unbound package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1804.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263914

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263917

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264183

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9c09be2

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1804

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193318

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1804.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2024

Updated: 4/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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-2023-50387

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-unbound

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: 4/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868, CVE-2024-1488

CWE: 15, 400

RHSA: 2024:1804