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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Unbound vulnerability (USN-6791-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198046

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6791-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Unbound could take part in a denial of service amplification attack known as DNSBomb. This update introduces certain resource limits to make the impact from Unbound significantly lower.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6791-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198046

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6791-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33655

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-unbound, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-anchor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-33655

USN: 6791-1