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RHEL 9 : bind (RHSA-2022:6763)
high Nessus Plugin ID 165637
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for bind.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6763 advisory.The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols.
BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.
Security Fix(es):
* bind: BIND 9 resolvers configured to answer from cache with zero stale-answer-timeout may terminate unexpectedly (CVE-2022-3080)
* bind: memory leak in ECDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38177)
* bind: memory leaks in EdDSA DNSSEC verification code (CVE-2022-38178)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL bind package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6763.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5ccd2d6f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6763
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128600
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 165637
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6763.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/3/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38178
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022