openSUSE Security Update : ldns (openSUSE-2020-438)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135163

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for ldns fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2017-1000231: Fixed a buffer overflow during token parsing (bsc#1068711).

- CVE-2017-1000232: Fixed a double-free vulnerability in str2host.c (bsc#1068709).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected ldns packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068709

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068711

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135163

File Name: openSUSE-2020-438.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ldns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ldns-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-ldns, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-dns-ldns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ldns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-dns-ldns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldns2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-ldns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldns2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ldns-debugsource

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000231, CVE-2017-1000232