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Fedora 44 : bind / bind-dyndb-ldap (2025-5a73e9e251)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271421

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5a73e9e251 advisory.

 # Update to 9.18.41 (rhbz#2405786)

 ## Security fixes:
 - DNSSEC validation fails if matching but invalid DNSKEY is found.
 ([CVE-2025-8677](https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-8677))
 - Address various spoofing attacks. ([CVE-2025-40778](https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40778))
 - Cache-poisoning due to weak pseudo-random number generator.
 ([CVE-2025-40780](https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40780))

 ## New Features:
 - Support for parsing HHIT and BRID records has been added.

 ## Removed Features:
 - Deprecate the tkey-domain statement.
 - Deprecate the tkey-gssapi-credential statement.

 ## Bug Fixes:
 - Prevent spurious SERVFAILs for certain 0-TTL resource records.
 - Missing DNSSEC information when CD bit is set in query.

 https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.41/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-18-41


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected 32:bind and / or bind-dyndb-ldap packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5a73e9e251

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271421

File Name: fedora_2025-5a73e9e251.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2025

Updated: 10/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind-dyndb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40778, CVE-2025-40780, CVE-2025-8677

FEDORA: 2025-5a73e9e251

IAVA: 2025-A-0800