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Oracle Linux 9 : rpcbind (ELSA-2026-83562)

high Nessus Plugin ID 366320

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-83562 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-94640 rpcbind: Unbounded memory allocation in rpcbind statistics tracking allows unauthenticated remote denial of service statistics tracking allows unauthenticated remote denial of service

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 rpcbind package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-83562.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 366320

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-83562.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2026

Updated: 10/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

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-2026-94640

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:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rpcbind

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-94640