SUSE SLES15 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2024:2033-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200689

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2033-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-4408: Fixed denial of service during DNS message parsing with different names (bsc#1219851)
- CVE-2023-50387: Fixed denial of service during DNS messages validation with DNSSEC signatures (bsc#1219823)
- CVE-2023-50868: Fixed denial of service during NSEC3 closest encloser proof preparation (bsc#1219826)
- CVE-2023-5517: Fixed denial of service caused by specific queries with nxdomain-redirect enabled (bsc#1219852)
- CVE-2023-6516: Fixed denial of service caused by specific queries that continuously triggered cache database maintenance (bsc#1219854)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219823

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219826

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219851

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219852

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219854

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-June/035606.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4408

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50387

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50868

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5517

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6516

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200689

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2033-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/18/2024

Updated: 7/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2023-6516

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:novell:suse_linux:libbind9-1600, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libuv1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-chrootenv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libuv-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libns1604, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns1605, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccc1600, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisc1606, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libirs1601, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libisccfg1600, 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: 6/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4408, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868, CVE-2023-5517, CVE-2023-6516

IAVA: 2024-A-0103-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2033-1