SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : dnsdist (SUSE-SU-2025:01743-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237540

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01743-1 advisory.

Update to version 1.9.10.

- CVE-2025-30194: illegal memory access (double-free) when processing specially crafted DoH exchanges leads to a denial-of-service (bsc#1242028).
- CVE-2025-30193: stack exhaustion when processing too many queries on incoming TCP connections leads to a denial-of-service (bsc#1243378).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 dnsdist package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237540

File Name: suse_SU-2025-01743-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/30/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2025-30194

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:novell:suse_linux:dnsdist, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30193, CVE-2025-30194

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:01743-1

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