SB20260604108 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for bind9.16
Published: June 4, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-3039)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in the GSS-API TKEY negotiation handling in BIND 9 when processing maliciously constructed packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to cause a denial of service.
Only servers configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable.
2) Improper handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-5946)
CWE-ID: CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of non-internet dns class values in named when processing specially crafted dns messages. A remote attacker can send specially crafted dns messages to cause a denial of service.
Affected code paths include recursion, dynamic updates, zone change notifications, and processing of IN-specific record types in non-IN data. Both authoritative servers and resolvers are affected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.