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Fedora 42 : bind / bind-dyndb-ldap (2026-34c921d252)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298296

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-34c921d252 advisory.

 # Update to 9.18.44 (rhbz#2431609)

 ## Security Fixes:

 - Fix incorrect length checks for BRID and HHIT records. (CVE-2025-13878)

 ## Bug Fixes:

 - Allow glue in delegations with QTYPE=ANY.
 - Reconfiguring an NSEC3 opt-out zone to NSEC caused the zone to be invalid.

 https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.44/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-18-44

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2026-34c921d252

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298296

File Name: fedora_2026-34c921d252.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2026

Updated: 2/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13878

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bind-dyndb-ldap, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13878

FEDORA: 2026-34c921d252

IAVA: 2026-A-0081