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Oracle Linux 8 : dnsmasq (ELSA-2020-1715)

low Nessus Plugin ID 180973

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1715 advisory.

 [2.79-11]
 - Support multiple static leases for single mac on IPv6 (#1779187)

 [2.79-10]
 - Fix memory leak in helper.c (#1795370)

 [2.79-9]
 - Fix replies to non-recursive queries (#1700916)

 [2.79-8]
 - Fix dhcp_lease_time (#1746411)

 [2.79-7]
 - Fix TCP queries after interface recreation (#1728698)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 dnsmasq and / or dnsmasq-utils packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1715.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 180973

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1715.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14834

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14834

IAVA: 2020-A-0194-S