NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : systemd Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0186)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242736

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has systemd packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

- A vulnerability was found in systemd-resolved. This issue may allow systemd-resolved to accept records of DNSSEC-signed domains even when they have no signature, allowing man-in-the-middles (or the upstream DNS resolver) to manipulate records. (CVE-2023-7008)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL systemd packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0186

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-7008

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242736

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0186_systemd.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7008

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-udev, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-pam, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:systemd-container

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7008