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openSUSE Security Update : c-ares (openSUSE-2020-2045)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143327

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for c-ares fixes the following issues :

 - Version update to 1.17.0

 - CVE-2020-8277: Fixed a Denial of Service through DNS request (bsc#1178882)

 - For further details see https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html

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

Solution

Update the affected c-ares packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178882

https://c-ares.haxx.se/changelog.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143327

File Name: openSUSE-2020-2045.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2020

Updated: 2/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2020-8277

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:novell:opensuse:libcares2-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:c-ares-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:c-ares-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:c-ares-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:c-ares-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8277