The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-141d029304 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-8418


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:7094 advisory.

    * containers/aardvark-dns: TCP Query Handling Flaw in Aardvark-dns Leading to Denial of Service     (CVE-2024-8418)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-30ed35ba86 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-8418


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2024:0608 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-8418:
    A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns versions 1.12.0 and 1.12.1. They contain a denial of service     vulnerability due to serial processing of TCP DNS queries. This flaw allows a malicious client to keep a     TCP connection open indefinitely, causing other DNS queries to time out and resulting in a denial of     service for all other containers using aardvark-dns.

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in Aardvark-dns, which is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to the serial     processing of TCP DNS queries. An attacker can exploit this flaw by keeping a TCP connection open     indefinitely, causing the server to become unresponsive and resulting in other DNS queries timing out.
    This issue prevents legitimate users from accessing DNS services, thereby disrupting normal operations and     causing service downtime. (CVE-2024-8418)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7094 advisory.

    Authoritative DNS server for A/AAAA container records  Forwards other request to configured resolvers.
    Read more about configuration in `src/backend/mod.rs`.

    Security Fix(es):

    * containers/aardvark-dns: TCP Query Handling Flaw in Aardvark-dns Leading to Denial of Service     (CVE-2024-8418)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-10147:01 advisory.

    * containers/aardvark-dns: TCP Query Handling Flaw in Aardvark-dns Leading to Denial of Service     (CVE-2024-8418)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-0ce77b8571 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-8418


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-7094 advisory.

    [2:1.14.0-1]
    - update to https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.14.0
    - Related: RHEL-60277

    [2:1.13.1-1]
    - update to https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.13.1
    - Related: RHEL-60277

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.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:7094 advisory.

    * containers/aardvark-dns: TCP Query Handling Flaw in Aardvark-dns Leading to Denial of Service     (CVE-2024-8418)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
206865	Fedora 40 : aardvark-dns (2024-141d029304)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	9/10/2024	9/10/2024	high
269990	RockyLinux 9 : aardvark-dns (RLSA-2025:7094)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	10/10/2025	10/10/2025	high
211080	Fedora 41 : aardvark-dns (2024-30ed35ba86)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/14/2024	11/14/2024	high
239184	TencentOS Server 4: aardvark-dns (TSSA-2024:0608)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	6/16/2025	12/4/2025	high
231863	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8418	Nessus	Misc.	3/6/2025	8/15/2025	high
235831	RHEL 9 : aardvark-dns (RHSA-2025:7094)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/13/2025	6/5/2025	high
283248	MiracleLinux 9 : aardvark-dns-1.14.0-1.el9 (AXSA:2025-10147:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/13/2026	1/13/2026	high
207538	Fedora 39 : aardvark-dns (2024-0ce77b8571)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	9/21/2024	9/21/2024	high
237060	Oracle Linux 9 : aardvark-dns (ELSA-2025-7094)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	5/22/2025	9/11/2025	high
241278	AlmaLinux 9 : aardvark-dns (ALSA-2025:7094)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	7/3/2025	7/3/2025	high

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