Amazon Linux 2 : unbound, --advisory ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009 (ALASUNBOUND-1.17-2026-009)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALASUNBOUND-1.17-2026-009.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(331996);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-44690", "CVE-2026-50251");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : unbound, --advisory ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009 (ALASUNBOUND-1.17-2026-009)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of unbound installed on the remote host is prior to 1.17.0-2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009 advisory.

    In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, insufficient validation of the RRSIG.Labels field
    combined with premature cache writes during RFC 8198 aggressive NSEC processing leads to cache poisoning
    that permits a malicious actor controlling a single delegated zone to poison arbitrary sibling zones under
    NSEC-signed parent domains. A malicious actor with one registered domain under an NSEC-signed TLD can
    serve malicious insecure DNS responses for unrelated sibling domains (sharing the same parent zone).
    Arbitrary delegations that do not exist under the parent domain and are covered by the parent's NSEC chain
    can be brought into insecure existence by fraudulent wildcard DS records (less labels than expected,
    unknown algorithm) from the malicious sibling domain. This allows the malicious actor to inject insecure
    wildcard records for those delegations. (CVE-2026-44690)

    In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, when 'unwanted-reply-threshold' is enabled (set
    to any value greater than zero), glue records of 0.0.0.0/::0 can short-circuit Unbound, on systems that
    can direct such traffic, by issuing DNS queries and receiving seemingly unwanted replies since the remote
    IP does not match the original source IP of 0.0.0.0/::0. This behavior keeps on looping for the glue
    records and pushing the counter to the configured 'unwanted-reply-threshold' that triggers a defensive
    cache clear. A malicious actor who controls a delegation that returns in-bailiwick glue of 0.0.0.0/::0 can
    drive the counter to the limit of 'unwanted-reply-threshold' to the threshold and trigger a cache clean of
    the message and rrset caches; at will, indefinitely, without sending a single spoofed packet. The iterator
    uses the 0.0.0.0/::0 glue, and a system that can route this (e.g., Linux kernel routes the datagram over
    loopback), Unbound's own listener answers from 127.0.0.1. Because of the mismatch of 0.0.0.0 and
    127.0.0.1, in this example, Unbound accounts the reply as an unwanted (probably spoofed) answer. The
    counter resets to zero on every cache flush, so the attack loops forever. (CVE-2026-50251)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-44690.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-50251.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update unbound' or
  or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2026-009' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-44690");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/07/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-unbound");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-unbound");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound-anchor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:unbound-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm2.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var REPOS_FOUND = TRUE;
var extras_list = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/extras_label_list");
if (isnull(extras_list)) REPOS_FOUND = FALSE;
var repository = '"amzn2extra-unbound-1.17"';
if (REPOS_FOUND && (repository >!< extras_list)) exit(0, AFFECTED_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'python2-unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'python2-unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'python3-unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'python3-unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-anchor-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-anchor-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-debuginfo-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-debuginfo-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-devel-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-devel-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-libs-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-libs-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-utils-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'},
    {'reference':'unbound-utils-1.17.0-2.amzn2.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'unbound-1.17'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = rpm_report_get();
  if (!REPOS_FOUND) extra = rpm_report_get() + report_repo_caveat();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python2-unbound / python3-unbound / unbound / etc");
}