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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: bind (CVE-2023-5679)

high Nessus Plugin ID 215598

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Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of bind installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-5679 advisory.

 - A bad interaction between DNS64 and serve-stale May cause `named` to crash with an assertion failure during recursive resolution, when both of these features are enabled. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.12 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through 9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.16.12-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.21-S1. (CVE-2023-5679)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5679

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 215598

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2023-5679.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 9/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5679

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: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dlz-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dlz-mysql, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dlz-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dlz-ldap, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:bind

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5679

IAVA: 2024-A-0103-S