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Oracle Linux 8 : unbound (ELSA-2020-2416)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137289

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-2416 advisory.

 [1.7.3-11]
 - Fix amplifying an incoming query into a large number of queries directed to a target
 - Resolves: rhbz#1839177 (CVE-2020-12662), rhbz#1840262 (CVE-2020-12663)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-2416.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137289

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-2416.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2020

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-unbound

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2020:2416