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AlmaLinux 8 : bind (ALSA-2022:2092)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161107

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:2092 advisory.

 - In BIND 9.3.0 -> 9.11.35, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.21, and versions 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.35-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.21-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.18 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, exploitation of broken authoritative servers using a flaw in response processing can cause degradation in BIND resolver performance. The way the lame cache is currently designed makes it possible for its internal data structures to grow almost infinitely, which may cause significant delays in client query processing. (CVE-2021-25219)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-2092.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161107

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-2092.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/12/2022

Updated: 9/27/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2021-25219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:alma:linux:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-export-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-export-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bind-pkcs11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25219

IAVA: 2021-A-0525-S