RockyLinux 10 : bind (RLSA-2026:24338)

high Nessus Plugin ID 320554

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:24338 advisory.

* bind: BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation (CVE-2026-3039)

* bind: BIND: Denial of Service via specially crafted DNS messages (CVE-2026-5946)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 320554

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-24338.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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-2026-5946

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:rocky:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-doc, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10

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-2026-3039, CVE-2026-5946

Detections

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