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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libcares2 (SUSE-SU-2021:2690-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152611

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2690-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

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 libcares-devel, libcares2 and / or libcares2-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188881

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3672

http://www.nessus.org/u?8fb911cc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152611

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2690-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2021

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcares-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcares2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcares2-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3672

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2690-1