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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2022-1112)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 158028
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.Description
According to the versions of the c-ares packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- 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 Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected c-ares packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 158028
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2022-1112.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 2/13/2022
Updated: 11/9/2023
Supported Sensors: 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:huawei:euleros:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:c-ares-devel, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.6.6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3672