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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: c-ares / fluent-bit / grpc / nodejs (CVE-2023-31130)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234060

Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of c-ares / fluent-bit / grpc / nodejs installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-31130 advisory.

 - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. ares_inet_net_pton() is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses, in particular 0::00:00:00/2 was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes which would require an administrator to configure such an address via ares_set_sortlist(). However, users May externally use ares_inet_net_pton() for other purposes and thus be vulnerable to more severe issues. This issue has been fixed in 1.19.1. (CVE-2023-31130)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31130

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234060

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2023-31130.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/9/2025

Updated: 4/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:fluent-bit, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:grpc-plugins, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:fluent-bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-grpcio, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:fluent-bit-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:c-ares-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:c-ares-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:grpc, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:grpc-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31130