openSUSE 16: bind / bind-modules-bdbhpt / bind-modules-generic / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21489-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331566

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21489-1 advisory.

This update for bind fixes the following issues

- Upgrade to release 9.20.26
- CVE-2026-10723: Incorrect acceptance of NSEC3 records (bsc#1271982).
- CVE-2026-10822: Key Record using PRIVATEDNS algorithm may lead to unexpected exit (bsc#1271983).
- CVE-2026-11331: Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass (bsc#1271984).
- CVE-2026-11605: Unnecessary validation of DNSSEC signed records (bsc#1271985).
- CVE-2026-11622: Potential memory usage beyond configured limits (bsc#1271986).
- CVE-2026-11721: Cache poisoning possible with label count discrepancy, RRSIG, and wildcards (bsc#1271987).
- CVE-2026-12617: Record ordering based unexpected exit with CNAME or DNAME (bsc#1271988).
- CVE-2026-13204: Unexpected exit in certain situations with NSEC and NSEC3 both present (bsc#1271989).
- CVE-2026-13321: DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Out-of-Zone NSEC Next Field (bsc#1271990).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331566

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21489-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2026

Updated: 8/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13321

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-bdbhpt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-generic, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-modules-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bind

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: 7/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-10723, CVE-2026-10822, CVE-2026-11331, CVE-2026-11605, CVE-2026-11622, CVE-2026-11721, CVE-2026-12617, CVE-2026-13204, CVE-2026-13321

IAVA: 2026-A-0764

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