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Oracle Linux 9 : bind (ELSA-2026-93610)

high Nessus Plugin ID 375514

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-2026-93610 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2026-94300: Arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay.
 - Fix CVE-2026-97313: Denial of Service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing.
 - Fix CVE-2026-96888: Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing.
 - Fix CVE-2026-19630: Denial of Service via unbounded processing of crafted DNS messages.
 - Fix CVE-2026-19662: NOQNAME proof use-after-free could crash recursive resolver.
 - Prevent assertion failure in dns64 mode with break-dnssec yes (CVE-2026-19666)
 - Prevent crash on wildcard responses containing both NSEC and NSEC3 proofs (CVE-2026-80274)
 - Reject oversized negative cached records early (CVE-2026-19667)
 - Fix NSEC3 signer validation (CVE-2026-10723)
 - Fix CVE-2026-13321: reject out-of-zone NSEC next owner names
 - Fix RPZ name-too-long wildcard expansion (CVE-2026-11331)

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-2026-93610.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 375514

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-93610.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.32

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:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-bind

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: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2026-A-1197