Nutanix AHV : (NXSA-AHV-20201105.2076)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164570

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Synopsis

The Nutanix AHV host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 20201105.2076. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-20201105.2076 advisory.

- In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a query for a record triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects all currently maintained BIND 9 branches (9.11, 9.11-S, 9.16, 9.16-S, 9.17) as well as all other versions of BIND 9. (CVE-2021-25215)

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 Nutanix AHV software to recommended version.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164570

File Name: nutanix_NXSA-AHV-20201105_2076.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/1/2022

Updated: 2/23/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2021-25215

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: cpe:/o:nutanix:ahv

Required KB Items: Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Version, Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Type

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25215

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