SUSE SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2024:1894-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200079

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1894-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-50387: Fixed validating DNS messages containing a lot of DNSSEC signatures that could have let to a denial-of-service (bsc#1219823).
- CVE-2023-50868: Fixed NSEC3 closest encloser proof that could have let to a denial-of-service (bsc#1219826).
- CVE-2023-4408: Fixed parsing DNS messages with many different names that could have let to a denial-of- service (bsc#1219851).

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200079

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1894-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/4/2024

Updated: 7/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccfg163, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1107, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1107-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccc161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns1110, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbind9-161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblwres161, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4408, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868

IAVA: 2024-A-0103-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1894-1

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