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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Bind vulnerabilities (USN-7241-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214790

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7241-1 advisory.

 Toshifumi Sakaguchi discovered that Bind incorrectly handled many records in the additional section. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-11187)

 Jean-Franois Billaud discovered that the Bind DNS-over-HTTPS implementation incorrectly handled a heavy query load. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-12705)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7241-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214790

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7241-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2025

Updated: 1/31/2025

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: 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-2024-12705

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:bind9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-host, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11187, CVE-2024-12705

IAVA: 2025-A-0071

USN: 7241-1