RockyLinux 9 : bind (RLSA-2026:97586)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380061

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:97586 advisory.

* bind: Amplification vulnerabilities via self-pointed glue records (CVE-2026-3592)

* bind: Unbounded resend loop in BIND 9 resolver (CVE-2026-5950)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Bind 9.16.23 DNSSEC Key Rollover with KASP Causes ZSK Key To Be Removed Prematurely (JIRA:Rocky Linux-12487)

* nslookup does not return and hang at epoll_wait() on some special occasions. (JIRA:Rocky Linux-29712)

* Update to latest minor version 9.16.50 [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-6454)

* pkcs11-tools test failing on engine (JIRA:Rocky Linux-213788)

* dig on s390x does not return output when fails (JIRA:Rocky Linux-212648)

* bind: New root trust anchor key for DNSSEC [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-255745)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 380061

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-97586.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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-2026-5950

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

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dnssec-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-bind

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3592, CVE-2026-5950

Detections

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