RockyLinux 10 : bind (RLSA-2026:97242)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380290

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:97242 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):

* [BUG] Bind DNS forwarder when configured to allow stale answers fails to provide resonse of 3 layer CNAME when TTL abruptly changes to 0 [rhel-10] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-142289)

* [rhel-10] Bind 9.18.33 DNSSEC Key Rollover with KASP Causes ZSK Key To Be Removed Prematurely (JIRA:Rocky Linux-144421)

* bind: New root trust anchor key for DNSSEC [rhel-10.3] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-255748)

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: 380290

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-97242.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:10, 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-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

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

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