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RHEL 8 : bind9.16 (RHSA-2022:6781)
high Nessus Plugin ID 165649
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for bind9.16.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6781 advisory.- 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)
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 bind9.16 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6781.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e93a85a6
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6781
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128600
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 165649
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6781.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/5/2022
Updated: 4/28/2024
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
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:bind9.16-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-chroot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-license, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bind9.16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-utils
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: 10/4/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022