The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6635 advisory.

    - Resolves: rhbz#2209564 - CVE-2023-31124 c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross     compilation [rhel-9]
    - Resolves: rhbz#2209556 - CVE-2023-31130 c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() [rhel-9]
    - Resolves: rhbz#2209550 - CVE-2023-31147 c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs     [rhel-9]
    - Resolves: rhbz#2209520 - CVE-2023-32067 c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service [rhel-9.3.0]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

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Oracle Linux 9 : c-ares (ELSA-2023-6635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185862

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Oct 22, 2024, 6:42 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202410221842
Version 1.0 Nov 16, 2023, 6:33 AM New Plugin Feed: 202311160633