Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-4408

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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - The DNS message parsing code in `named` includes a section whose computational complexity is overly high.
    It does not cause problems for typical DNS traffic, but crafted queries and responses may cause excessive
    CPU load on the affected `named` instance by exploiting this flaw. This issue affects both authoritative
    servers and recursive resolvers. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.45, 9.18.0 through
    9.18.21, 9.19.0 through 9.19.19, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.11.37-S1, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.45-S1, and 9.18.11-S1
    through 9.18.21-S1. (CVE-2023-4408)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bind9"},
          {"reference": "bind9-doc"},
          {"reference": "bind9-host"},
          {"reference": "bind9utils"},
          {"reference": "dnsutils"},
          {"reference": "host"},
          {"reference": "libbind-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbind9-90"},
          {"reference": "libdns100"},
          {"reference": "libisc95"},
          {"reference": "libisccc90"},
          {"reference": "libisccfg90"},
          {"reference": "liblwres90"},
          {"reference": "lwresd"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bind9"},
          {"reference": "bind9-doc"},
          {"reference": "bind9-host"},
          {"reference": "bind9utils"},
          {"reference": "dnsutils"},
          {"reference": "host"},
          {"reference": "libbind-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbind-export-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbind9-140"},
          {"reference": "libdns-export162"},
          {"reference": "libdns-export162-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libdns162"},
          {"reference": "libirs-export141"},
          {"reference": "libirs-export141-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libirs141"},
          {"reference": "libisc-export160"},
          {"reference": "libisc-export160-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libisc160"},
          {"reference": "libisccc-export140"},
          {"reference": "libisccc-export140-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libisccc140"},
          {"reference": "libisccfg-export140"},
          {"reference": "libisccfg-export140-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libisccfg140"},
          {"reference": "liblwres141"},
          {"reference": "lwresd"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bind9"},
          {"reference": "bind9-doc"},
          {"reference": "bind9-host"},
          {"reference": "bind9utils"},
          {"reference": "dnsutils"},
          {"reference": "libbind-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbind-export-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbind9-160"},
          {"reference": "libdns-export1100"},
          {"reference": "libdns-export1100-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libdns1100"},
          {"reference": "libirs-export160"},
          {"reference": "libirs-export160-udeb"},
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          {"reference": "libisc-export169"},
          {"reference": "libisc-export169-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libisc169"},
          {"reference": "libisccc-export160"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}