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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: bind (CVE-2022-38177)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173553

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of bind installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-38177 advisory.

 - 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38177

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173553

File Name: mariner_bind_CVE-2022-38177.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 3/28/2023

Updated: 3/28/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2022-38177

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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dlz-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-pkcs11-utils, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dlz-mysql, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dlz-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-dlz-ldap, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:python3-bind

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38177

IAVA: 2022-A-0387-S