#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2017-858.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(101933);
script_version("3.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/09");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-3142", "CVE-2017-3143");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2017-858");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2017:1679");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2017-858)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Security Fix(es): A flaw was found in the way BIND handled TSIG
authentication for dynamic updates. A remote attacker able to
communicate with an authoritative BIND server could use this flaw to
manipulate the contents of a zone, by forging a valid TSIG or SIG(0)
signature for a dynamic update request. A flaw was found in the way
BIND handled TSIG authentication of AXFR requests. A remote attacker,
able to communicate with an authoritative BIND server, could use this
flaw to view the entire contents of a zone by sending a specially
constructed request packet. (CVE-2017-3142 , CVE-2017-3143)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-858.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update bind' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-3143");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/01/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/07/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/07/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-chroot");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-sdb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bind-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-chroot-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-debuginfo-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-devel-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-libs-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-sdb-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bind-utils-9.8.2-0.62.rc1.56.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "bind / bind-chroot / bind-debuginfo / bind-devel / bind-libs / etc");
}
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