DISPUTE NOTE: this issue does not pose a security risk as it (according to analysis by the original software developer, NLnet Labs) falls within the expected functionality and security controls of the application. Red Hat has made a claim that there is a security risk within Red Hat products. NLnet Labs has no further information about the claim, and suggests that affected Red Hat customers refer to available Red Hat documentation or support channels. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which can lead to memory corruption. This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution. This could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system.

According to the versions of the unbound packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    DISPUTE NOTE: this issue does not pose a security risk as it (according to analysis by the original     software developer, NLnet Labs) falls within the expected functionality and security controls of the     application. Red Hat has made a claim that there is a security risk within Red Hat products. NLnet Labs     has no further information about the claim, and suggests that affected Red Hat customers refer to     available Red Hat documentation or support channels. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was     found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which can lead to memory corruption.
    This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially crafted input, potentially     causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution. This could result in a denial of     service or unauthorized actions on the system.(CVE-2024-43168)

    NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.21.0 contains a vulnerability when handling replies with     very large RRsets that it needs to perform name compression for. Malicious upstreams responses with very     large RRsets can cause Unbound to spend a considerable time applying name compression to downstream     replies. This can lead to degraded performance and eventually denial of service in well orchestrated     attacks. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor querying Unbound for the specially     crafted contents of a malicious zone with very large RRsets. Before Unbound replies to the query it will     try to apply name compression which was an unbounded operation that could lock the CPU until the whole     packet was complete. Unbound version 1.21.1 introduces a hard limit on the number of name compression     calculations it is willing to do per packet. Packets that need more compression will result in semi-     compressed packets or truncated packets, even on TCP for huge messages, to avoid locking the CPU for long.
    This change should not affect normal DNS traffic.(CVE-2024-8508)

    The DNS protocol in RFC 1035 and updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource     consumption) by arranging for DNS queries to be accumulated for seconds, such that responses are later     sent in a pulsing burst (which can be considered traffic amplification in some cases), aka the 'DNSBomb'     issue.(CVE-2024-33655)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS unbound security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    The UNIX editor Vim prior to version 9.1.0678 has a use-after-free error in argument list handling. When     adding a new file to the argument list, this triggers `Buf*` autocommands. If in such an autocommand the     buffer that was just opened is closed (including the window where it is shown), this causes the window     structure to be freed which contains a reference to the argument list that we are actually modifying. Once     the autocommands are completed, the references to the window and argument list are no longer valid and as     such cause an use-after-free. Impact is low since the user must either intentionally add some unusual     autocommands that wipe a buffer during creation (either manually or by sourcing a malicious plugin), but     it will crash Vim. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0678.(CVE-2024-43374)

    Vim is an improved version of the unix vi text editor. When flushing the typeahead buffer, Vim moves the     current position in the typeahead buffer but does not check whether there is enough space left in the     buffer to handle the next characters.  So this may lead to the tb_off position within the typebuf variable     to point outside of the valid buffer size, which can then later lead to a heap-buffer overflow in e.g.
    ins_typebuf(). Therefore, when flushing the typeahead buffer, check if there is enough space left before     advancing the off position. If not, fall back to flush current typebuf contents. It's not quite clear yet,     what can lead to this situation. It seems to happen when error messages occur (which will cause Vim to     flush the typeahead buffer) in comnination with several long mappgins and so it may eventually move the     off position out of a valid buffer size. Impact is low since it is not easily reproducible and requires to     have several mappings active and run into some error condition. But when this happens, this will cause a     crash. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0697. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no     known workarounds for this issue.(CVE-2024-43802)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A use-after-free was found in Vim  9.1.0764. When     closing a buffer (visible in a window) a BufWinLeave auto command can cause an use-after-free if this auto     command happens to re-open the same buffer in a new split window. Impact is low since the user must have     intentionally set up such a strange auto command and run some buffer unload commands. However this may     lead to a crash. This issue has been addressed in version 9.1.0764 and all users are advised to upgrade.
    There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.(CVE-2024-47814)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS vim security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the unbound packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which     can lead to memory corruption.This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially     crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution.This     could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system.(CVE-2024-43168)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS unbound security advisory.

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-760 advisory.

    unbound: NULL Pointer Dereference in Unbound (CVE-2024-43167)

    unbound: Heap-Buffer-Overflow in Unbound (CVE-2024-43168)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the unbound packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the ub_ctx_set_fwd function in Unbound. This issue could     allow an attacker who can invoke specific sequences of API calls to cause a segmentation fault. When     certain API functions such as ub_ctx_set_fwd and ub_ctx_resolvconf are called in a particular order, the     program attempts to read from a NULL pointer, leading to a crash. This issue can result in a denial of     service by causing the application to terminate unexpectedly.(CVE-2024-43167)

    A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which     can lead to memory corruption. This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially     crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution. This     could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system.(CVE-2024-43168)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS unbound security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the unbound packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which     can lead to memory corruption.This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially     crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution.This     could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system.(CVE-2024-43168)

    A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the ub_ctx_set_fwd function in Unbound.This issue could allow     an attacker who can invoke specific sequences of API calls to cause a segmentation fault.When certain API     functions such as ub_ctx_set_fwd and ub_ctx_resolvconf are called in a particular order, the program     attempts to read from a NULL pointer, leading to a crash.This issue can result in a denial of service by     causing the application to terminate unexpectedly.(CVE-2024-43167)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS unbound security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3903 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3903-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Daniel Leidert     September 29, 2024                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : unbound     Version        : 1.13.1-1+deb11u3     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-43167 CVE-2024-43168     Debian Bug     : 1078647

    Two vulnerabilities were discovered in unbound, a validating,     recursive, caching DNS resolver. Specially crafted input could cause a     heap-buffer-overflow leading to memory corruption and potentially     causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution     (CVE-2024-43168). A NULL pointer dereference flaw could allow an     attacker who can invoke specific sequences of API calls to cause a     segmentation fault and a denial of service (CVE-2024-43167).

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1.13.1-1+deb11u3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your unbound packages.

    For the detailed security status of unbound please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/unbound

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

The version of unbound installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-43168 advisory.

  - A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which     can lead to memory corruption. This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially     crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution. This     could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system. (CVE-2024-43168)

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6998-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled string comparisons, which could lead to a NULL pointer     dereference. An attacker could

    potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43167)

    It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled memory in

    cfg_mark_ports, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A local

    attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2024-43168)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

An update of the unbound package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
212650	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2988)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
212608	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2024-2974)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
211812	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2924)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
211802	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2930)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
211366	Amazon Linux 2023 : python3-unbound, unbound, unbound-anchor (ALAS2023-2024-760)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
210681	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2840)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
210672	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2897)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
210660	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2822)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
210635	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : unbound (EulerOS-SA-2024-2917)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
207902	Debian dla-3903 : libunbound-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
207032	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: unbound (CVE-2024-43168)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
206979	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Unbound vulnerabilities (USN-6998-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
206094	Photon OS 4.0: Unbound PHSA-2024-4.0-0671	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
206092	Photon OS 5.0: Unbound PHSA-2024-5.0-0352	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium

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