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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2026:2673-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 323884

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2673-1 advisory.

 Security issues:

 - CVE-2026-3039: BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation (bsc#1265591).
 - CVE-2026-3592: Amplification vulnerabilities via self-pointed glue records (bsc#1265592).
 - CVE-2026-5946: Invalid handling of CLASS != IN (bsc#1265594).
 - CVE-2026-5947: SIG(0) validation during query flood may lead to undefined behavior (bsc#1265595).
 - CVE-2026-5950: Unbounded resend loop in BIND 9 resolver (bsc#1265596).

 Non security issue:

 - bind test failed with version 9.20.21 (bsc#1263494).
 - Upgrade to release 9.20.23

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 bind, bind-doc and / or bind-utils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263494

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265591

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265592

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265594

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265595

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265596

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-June/047713.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3039

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3592

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5946

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5947

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5950

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 323884

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2673-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:novell:suse_linux:bind, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bind-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3039, CVE-2026-3592, CVE-2026-5946, CVE-2026-5947, CVE-2026-5950

IAVA: 2026-A-0498

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2673-1