Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bind / bind-chroot / bind-debuginfo / bind-debugsource / bind-devel / etc (crlsa-2022_2092)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 358150

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_2092 advisory.

* bind: Lame cache can be abused to severely degrade resolver performance (CVE-2021-25219)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2022_2092.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2092

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934035

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950714

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2013993

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2017636

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2021814

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2030239

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:2092

http://www.nessus.org/u?629f3ba7

http://www.nessus.org/u?cdafd503

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 358150

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_2092.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25219