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<oval:product_name>Oracle Errata System</oval:product_name>
<oval:product_version>Oracle Linux</oval:product_version>
<oval:schema_version>5.11</oval:schema_version>
<oval:timestamp>2026-08-19T10:33:26</oval:timestamp>
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<definition id="oval:com.oracle.elsa:def:202655442" version="501" class="patch">
<metadata>
<title>
ELSA-2026-55442:  bind9.18 security update (IMPORTANT)
</title>
<affected family="unix">
<platform>Oracle Linux 9</platform>

</affected>
<reference source="elsa" ref_id="ELSA-2026-55442" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-55442.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-10723" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-10723.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-11331" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11331.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-11622" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11622.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-11721" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11721.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-13204" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-13204.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-13321" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-13321.html"/>

<description>
[32:9.18.29-14.8]
- Fix NSEC3 signer validation (CVE-2026-10723, RHEL-215704)

[32:9.18.29-14.7]
- Reject out-of-zone NSEC next owner names (CVE-2026-13321,
  RHEL-213314)

[32:9.18.29-14.6]
- Fix cache exhaustion via dns_slabheaders (CVE-2026-11622,
  RHEL-213389)

[32:9.18.29-14.5]
- Reject invalid signed wildcard records (CVE-2026-11721,
  RHEL-213417)

[32:9.18.29-14.4]
- Fix RPZ wildcard expansion self-referential CNAME
  (CVE-2026-11331, RHEL-213495)

[32:9.18.29-14.3]
- Fix assertion crash via unsigned NSEC/NSEC3 (CVE-2026-13204,
  RHEL-213495)
</description>
<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   advisory details   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
<advisory>
<severity>IMPORTANT</severity>
<rights>Copyright 2026 Oracle, Inc.</rights>
<issued date="2026-08-17"/>
<cve cvss3="6.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-10723.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-10723</cve>
<cve cvss3="7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11331.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-11331</cve>
<cve cvss3="7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11622.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-11622</cve>
<cve cvss3="7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-11721.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-11721</cve>
<cve cvss3="7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-13204.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-13204</cve>
<cve cvss3="8.6/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N" href="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-13321.html" public="20260722">CVE-2026-13321</cve>

<affected_cpe_list>
<cpe>cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream</cpe>
<cpe>cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder</cpe>
</affected_cpe_list>
</advisory>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442006" comment="bind9.18-chroot is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442008" comment="bind9.18-devel is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442010" comment="bind9.18-dnssec-utils is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442014" comment="bind9.18-libs is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442016" comment="bind9.18-utils is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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</criteria>
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<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442007" comment="bind9.18-devel is earlier than 32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.8"/>
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<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442009" comment="bind9.18-dnssec-utils is earlier than 32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.8"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442010" comment="bind9.18-dnssec-utils is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442011" comment="bind9.18-doc is earlier than 32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.8"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442012" comment="bind9.18-doc is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442013" comment="bind9.18-libs is earlier than 32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.8"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442014" comment="bind9.18-libs is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
</criteria>
<criteria operator="AND">
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442015" comment="bind9.18-utils is earlier than 32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.8"/>
<criterion test_ref="oval:com.oracle.elsa:tst:202655442016" comment="bind9.18-utils is signed with the Oracle Linux 9 key"/>
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</criteria>
</criteria>
</criteria>
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo tests   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo objects   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo states   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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