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Oracle Linux 9 : bind9.18 (ELSA-2026-93072)

high Nessus Plugin ID 374546

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-93072 advisory.

 - Prevent arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay (CVE-2026-94300)
 - Fix Denial of service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing (CVE-2026-97313)
 - Prevent Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing (CVE-2026-96888)

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-93072.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 374546

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-93072.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-94300

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-chroot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind9.18

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19630, CVE-2026-94300, CVE-2026-96888, CVE-2026-97313