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Fedora 40 : dnsx (2023-65413f7fd0)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194656

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-65413f7fd0 advisory.

 Automatic update for dnsx-1.1.5-1.fc40.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Fri Oct 27 2023 Mikel Olasagasti Uranga <[email protected]> - 1.1.5-1
 - Update to 1.1.5 - Closes rhbz#2169567 rhbz#2178430 rhbz#2163084

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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

Update the affected dnsx package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-65413f7fd0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194656

File Name: fedora_2023-65413f7fd0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2022-41723

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:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dnsx

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41717, CVE-2022-41723