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GLSA-202005-10 : libmicrodns: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136640

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202005-10 (libmicrodns: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libmicrodns. Please review the CVE identifiers and the upstream advisory referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libmicrodns users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libmicrodns-0.1.2'

See Also

https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-vlc309.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136640

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202005-10.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-6072

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:gentoo:linux:libmicrodns, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6071, CVE-2020-6072, CVE-2020-6073, CVE-2020-6077, CVE-2020-6078, CVE-2020-6079, CVE-2020-6080

GLSA: 202005-10

IAVB: 2020-B-0025-S