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Oracle Linux 7 : dnsmasq (ELSA-2020-3878)

low Nessus Plugin ID 141241

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3878 advisory.

 [2.76-16]
 - Fix strict-mode retries on REFUSED (#1755610)

 [2.76-15]
 - Forward non-recursive queries to upstream, but serve local names (#1755610)

 [2.76-14]
 - Stop treating SERVFAIL as successful response (#1815080)

 [2.76-13]
 - Do not ignore DHCPv6 relay messages (#1757247)

 [2.76-12]
 - Fix memory leak in create_helper (#1795369)

 [2.76-11]
 - Send dhcp_release even for addresses not on local network (#1752569)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq and / or dnsmasq-utils packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-3878.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 141241

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-3878.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14834

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq-utils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14834