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CentOS 9 : avahi-0.8-20.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193939

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for avahi.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the avahi-0.8-20.el9 build changelog.

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.
 (CVE-2023-38469)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.
 (CVE-2023-38470)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the dbus_set_host_name function.
 (CVE-2023-38471)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_rdata_parse() function.
 (CVE-2023-38472)

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function. (CVE-2023-38473)

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 avahi package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=40646

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193939

File Name: centos9_avahi-0_8-20_40646.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:avahi-ui-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38469, CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38471, CVE-2023-38472, CVE-2023-38473