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AlmaLinux 9 : 389-ds-base (ALSA-2026:26455)

🗓️ 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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AlmaLinux 9 vulnerable to 389-ds-base remote DoS via unbounded LDAP controls (CVE-2026-9064).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2026:26455.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(324831);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-9064");
  script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2026:26455");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:26455");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9 : 389-ds-base (ALSA-2026:26455)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
ALSA-2026:26455 advisory.

    * 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unbounded LDAP controls count in get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() causes CPU and
    heap amplification (remote DoS) (CVE-2026-9064)


    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

      * Getting build_candidate_list - Database error 11 messages after migrating to LMDB. [almalinux-9.8.z]
    (JIRA:AlmaLinux-152356)
      * Web console doesn't show the sub suffix of ou=foo,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com. [almalinux-9.8.z]
    (JIRA:AlmaLinux-168967)
      * DS 12 does not handle escape char in bind user [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-170269)
      * [RFE] Add OS-level thread names to all server threads [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-174524)
      * Online export is failing when using the option -s [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-180716)
      * Server shutdown during online reindex may lead to data loss [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-183895)

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-26455.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26455");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  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:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-9064");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(770);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:389-ds-base-snmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-lib389");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma 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/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-devel-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-devel-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-devel-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-devel-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-libs-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-libs-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-libs-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-libs-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-snmp-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-snmp-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-snmp-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'s390x', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'389-ds-base-snmp-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'python3-lib389-2.8.0-7.el9_8', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(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)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, '389-ds-base / 389-ds-base-devel / 389-ds-base-libs / etc');
}

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02 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00815
SSVC
3