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Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: bind9.16 / bind9.16-chroot / bind9.16-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0821)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 355217
Synopsis
The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The Rocky Linux 8.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0821 advisory.This advisory aggregates security fixes for the bind9.16 SRPM in CIQ LTS 8.6. It addresses 13 CVEs:
CVE-2021-25220, CVE-2023-5517, CVE-2023-50868, CVE-2023-5679, CVE-2022-2795, and 8 more.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_0821.See Also
https://github.com/ctrliq/advisories
http://www.nessus.org/u?065da392
http://www.nessus.org/u?1566d57c
http://www.nessus.org/u?249409fc
http://www.nessus.org/u?27936b45
http://www.nessus.org/u?2de1354b
http://www.nessus.org/u?54088c22
http://www.nessus.org/u?5701e4b8
http://www.nessus.org/u?5c975502
http://www.nessus.org/u?9d68d9ca
http://www.nessus.org/u?af29fa88
http://www.nessus.org/u?bdc52715
http://www.nessus.org/u?cadf4914
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 355217
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_6_ciqsa-2026_0821.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 10/1/2026
Updated: 10/1/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6
Percentile: 96.88
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25220
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Threat Score: 2.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2795
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-25220, CVE-2022-2795, CVE-2022-3094, CVE-2022-3736, CVE-2022-3924, CVE-2023-2828, CVE-2023-3341, CVE-2023-4408, CVE-2023-50387, CVE-2023-50868, CVE-2023-5517, CVE-2023-5679, CVE-2023-6516