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Advisory severityMedium5.9Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2023-7008] Systemd-resolved: unsigned name response in signed zone is not refused when dnssec=yes

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2023-7008 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: systemd.

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CVE-2023-7008
Affected products & platforms
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Summary

A vulnerability was found in systemd-resolved. This CVE is classified as moderate because the attack requires an active Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) who can intercept and modify the connection's traffic at the TCP/IP layer.

Note that DNSSEC= option is by default set to 'no' and changing the value requires root privileges. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-300. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat lists Cryostat 2 as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2024:3203, RHSA-2024:2463.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: systemd.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

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Fixed versions
  • systemd-0:239-82.el8
  • systemd-0:252-32.el9_4
  • RHSA-2024:3203
  • RHSA-2024:2463

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 hours ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 8 hours ago·verify at source

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