The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3877 advisory.

    The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic     Host Configuration Protocol) server.

    Security Fix(es):

    * bind9: KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator (CVE-2023-50387)

    * bind9: Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources (CVE-2023-50868)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 8 : dnsmasq (RHSA-2024:3877)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200454

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