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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5126-1)

🗓️ 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'bind9' package in Ubuntu is vulnerable to denial of service due to incorrect handling of the lame cache

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845116");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-25219");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-10-29 01:00:27 +0000 (Fri, 29 Oct 2021)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:08+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:08 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-03 13:18:39 +0000 (Wed, 03 Nov 2021)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5126-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(18\.04\ LTS|20\.04\ LTS|21\.04|21\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-5126-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5126-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind9' package(s) announced via the USN-5126-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Kishore Kumar Kothapalli discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the lame
cache when processing responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'bind9' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 21.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU18.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bind9", ver:"1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.16", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU20.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bind9", ver:"1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.9", rls:"UBUNTU20.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU21.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bind9", ver:"1:9.16.8-1ubuntu3.2", rls:"UBUNTU21.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU21.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bind9", ver:"1:9.16.15-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU21.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.15.3
EPSS0.10576
18