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Rocky Linux 8 : bind9.16 (RLSA-2022:6781)
high Nessus Plugin ID 167795
Synopsis
The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6781 advisory.- By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources. (CVE-2022-38178)
- By sending specific queries to the resolver, an attacker can cause named to crash. (CVE-2022-3080)
- By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources. (CVE-2022-38177)
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 affected packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128600
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128601
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 167795
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-6781.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Published: 11/17/2022
Updated: 11/7/2023
Supported Sensors: Continuous 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:rocky:linux:bind9.16-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-chroot, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-license, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-dnssec-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-bind9.16, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind9.16-utils-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2022