Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0167: bind (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0167)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236279

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0167 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2024-1737:
Resolver caches and authoritative zone databases that hold significant numbers of RRs for the same hostname (of any RTYPE) can suffer from degraded performance as content is being added or updated, and also when handling client queries for this name.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.11.37, 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.11.4-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.

CVE-2024-1975:
If a server hosts a zone containing a KEY Resource Record, or a resolver DNSSEC-validates a KEY Resource Record from a DNSSEC-signed domain in cache, a client can exhaust resolver CPU resources by sending a stream of SIG(0) signed requests.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.11.37, 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.27, 9.19.0 through 9.19.24, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.49-S1, and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.27-S1.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236279

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0167.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: 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-2024-1975

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:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-export-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-export-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-export-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-sdb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-utils, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-libs-lite-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bind-lite-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1737, CVE-2024-1975

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