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Fedora 43 : nsd (2026-2843bb1cc8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 325152

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2843bb1cc8 advisory.

 * Fix for CVE-2026-12244: A specially crafted SVCB RR can cause a heap overflow of up to 65509 attacker controlled bytes. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks for the report https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12244.txt
 * Fix for CVE-2026-12245: If NSD is configured with DNS over TLS, a client that performs a TLS action, closing the connection early, causes a crash and restart of the server process. An attacker can keep all children in a crash-restart loop denying DoT service. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks for the report. https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12245.txt
 * Fix for CVE-2026-12246: The RR type APL rdata address, if too large, causes out of bounds write on the stack, when the zonefile is written out. Thanks to Qifan Zhang from Palo Alto Networks, Haruki Oyama from Waseda University and zhangph for the report. https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12246.txt
 * Fix for CVE-2026-12490: Secondaries authenticated by a client certificate to transfer a zone over TLS, can bypass verification by transferring over TCP. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks for the report.
 https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12490.txt

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 nsd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2843bb1cc8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 325152

File Name: fedora_2026-2843bb1cc8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12245

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nsd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12244, CVE-2026-12245, CVE-2026-12246, CVE-2026-12490