Oracle Linux 8 : dnsmasq (ELSA-2023-7046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186089

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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-2023-7046 advisory.

[2.79-31]
- Do not create and search --local and --address=/x/# domains (#2233542)

[2.79-30]
- Make create logfile writeable by root (#2156789)

[2.79-29]
- Fix also dynamically set resolvers over dbus (#2186481)

[2.79-28]
- Correct possible crashes when server=/example.net/# is used (#2186481)

[2.79-27]
- Limit offered EDNS0 size to 1232 (CVE-2023-28450)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186089

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7046.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-28450

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: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dnsmasq-utils, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:9:appstream_base

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28450

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