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High RLSA-2026:23360 2 CVEs

Important: bind9.16 security update

Published Jun 6, 2026 · Updated Jun 6, 2026

Summary

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

Security Fix(es):

* bind: BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation (CVE-2026-3039)

* bind: BIND: Denial of Service via specially crafted DNS messages (CVE-2026-5946)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 bind9.16 2:9.16.23-0.22.el8_10.6

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5

    BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation

    BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integr…

  • High 7.5

    Invalid handling of CLASS != IN

    Multiple flaws have been identified in `named` related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (`IN`) — for example, `CHAOS` or `HESIOD`, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes (`ANY` or `NONE`) in the question section. Specially crafte…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479767
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479771