NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : unbound Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0125)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from ZTE advisory NS-SA-2025-0125. The text
# itself is copyright (C) ZTE, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(242821);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/07/25");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-50868", "CVE-2024-8508", "CVE-2024-33655");

  script_name(english:"NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : unbound Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0125)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has unbound packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities:

  - NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.21.0 contains a vulnerability when handling replies with
    very large RRsets that it needs to perform name compression for. Malicious upstreams responses with very
    large RRsets can cause Unbound to spend a considerable time applying name compression to downstream
    replies. This can lead to degraded performance and eventually denial of service in well orchestrated
    attacks. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor querying Unbound for the specially
    crafted contents of a malicious zone with very large RRsets. Before Unbound replies to the query it will
    try to apply name compression which was an unbounded operation that could lock the CPU until the whole
    packet was complete. Unbound version 1.21.1 introduces a hard limit on the number of name compression
    calculations it is willing to do per packet. Packets that need more compression will result in semi-
    compressed packets or truncated packets, even on TCP for huge messages, to avoid locking the CPU for long.
    This change should not affect normal DNS traffic. (CVE-2024-8508)

  - The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped)
    allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC
    responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the NSEC3 issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an
    algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations. (CVE-2023-50868)

  - The DNS protocol in RFC 1035 and updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource
    consumption) by arranging for DNS queries to be accumulated for seconds, such that responses are later
    sent in a pulsing burst (which can be considered traffic amplification in some cases), aka the DNSBomb
    issue. (CVE-2024-33655)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0125");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-50868");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2024-33655");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2024-8508");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL unbound packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE
for more information.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-8508");

  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:"2024/02/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/07/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:python3-unbound");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:unbound-anchor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:unbound-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/release", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}

include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/ZTE-CGSL/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^CGSL (MAIN|CORE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux');

if (os_release !~ "CGSL\sMAIN\s7\.02")
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux', cpu);

var flag = 0;

var pkgs = {
  'CGSL MAIN 7.02': [
    'python3-unbound-1.17.1-2.zncgsl7.6',
    'unbound-anchor-1.17.1-2.zncgsl7.6',
    'unbound-libs-1.17.1-2.zncgsl7.6'
  ]
};
var pkg_list = pkgs[os_release];
var pkg;
foreach (pkg in pkg_list)
  if (rpm_check(reference:pkg, release:'ZTE ' + os_release, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:TRUE)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'unbound');
}