Debian DSA-4694-1 : unbound - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 136933

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabiliites have been discovered in Unbound, a recursive-only caching DNS server; a traffic amplification attack against third-party authoritative name servers (NXNSAttack) and insufficient sanitisation of replies from upstream servers could result in denial of service via an infinite loop.

The version of Unbound in the oldstable distribution (stretch) is no longer supported. If these security issues affect your setup, you should upgrade to the stable distribution (buster).

Solution

Upgrade the unbound packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.0-2+deb10u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136933

File Name: debian_DSA-4694.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/28/2020

Updated: 3/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12663

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:unbound

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12662, CVE-2020-12663

DSA: 4694

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