Detections
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MiracleLinux 9 : bind-9.16.23-31.el9_6.2 (AXSA:2025-11077:11)
high Nessus Plugin ID 282748
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2025-11077:11 advisory.* Prevent cache poisoning due to weak PRNG (CVE-2025-40780)
* Address various spoofing attacks (CVE-2025-40778) CVE-2025-40778 Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
CVE-2025-40780 In specific circumstances, due to a weakness in the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) that is used, it is possible for an attacker to predict the source port and query ID that BIND will use. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 282748
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-11077.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/13/2026
Updated: 1/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.1
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-dnssec-utils, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-40778, CVE-2025-40780