RHSA-2026:95017 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for bind9.16 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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):

• bind9: bind: BIND 9: Denial of Service via 16-bit length truncation in DNS negative cache handling (CVE-2026-19667)
• bind: BIND: Denial of Service via crafted DNSSEC reply (CVE-2026-80274)
• bind: BIND: Denial of Service via malformed DNS64 responses (CVE-2026-19666)
• bind: BIND: Denial of Service via unbounded processing of crafted DNS messages (CVE-2026-19630)
• bind: bind: Arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay (CVE-2026-94300)
• bind: bind: Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing (CVE-2026-96888)
• bind: bind: Denial of service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing (CVE-2026-97313)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• bind 9.16 crash with SIGSEGV (JIRA:RHEL-280572)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2535435 - CVE-2026-19667 bind9: bind: BIND 9: Denial of Service via 16-bit length truncation in DNS negative cache handling
• BZ - 2535466 - CVE-2026-80274 bind: BIND: Denial of Service via crafted DNSSEC reply
• BZ - 2535477 - CVE-2026-19666 bind: BIND: Denial of Service via malformed DNS64 responses
• BZ - 2556406 - CVE-2026-19630 bind: BIND: Denial of Service via unbounded processing of crafted DNS messages
• BZ - 2556407 - CVE-2026-94300 bind: bind: Arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay
• BZ - 2556413 - CVE-2026-96888 bind: bind: Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing
• BZ - 2556415 - CVE-2026-97313 bind: bind: Denial of service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing

CVEs

• CVE-2026-19630
• CVE-2026-19666
• CVE-2026-19667
• CVE-2026-80274
• CVE-2026-94300
• CVE-2026-96888
• CVE-2026-97313

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important