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RockyLinux 8 : unbound (RLSA-2023:2771)
high Nessus Plugin ID 331877
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:2771 advisory.* unbound: NRDelegation attack leads to uncontrolled resource consumption (Non-Responsive Delegation Attack) (CVE-2022-3204)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 331877
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-2771.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Published: 8/4/2026
Updated: 8/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.18
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-2022-3204
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: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-unbound-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:unbound
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: 8/4/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-3204