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RockyLinux 8 : unbound (RLSA-2026:24365)

high Nessus Plugin ID 320519

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:24365 advisory.

 * unbound: Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options (CVE-2026-42944)

 * unbound: Unbound DNSSEC Validator Denial of Service via Incorrect Write Offset Counter in Chase-Reply Messages (CVE-2026-42959)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:24365

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479774

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479806

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 320519

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-24365.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/11/2026

Updated: 6/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-2026-42959

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-unbound-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42944, CVE-2026-42959