Debian dsa-5633 : knot-resolver - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 191074

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5633 advisory.

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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5633-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff February 27, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : knot-resolver CVE ID : CVE-2023-46317 CVE-2023-50387 CVE-2023-50868

It was discovered that malformed DNSSEC records within a DNS zone could result in denial of service against Knot Resolver, a caching, DNSSEC- validating DNS resolver.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 5.6.0-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your knot-resolver packages.

For the detailed security status of knot-resolver please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/knot-resolver

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the knot-resolver packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191074

File Name: debian_DSA-5633.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2024

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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-2023-50387

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:debian:debian_linux:knot-resolver-module-http, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:knot-resolver-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:knot-resolver

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46317, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868

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