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MiracleLinux 9 : bind9.18-9.18.29-5.el9_7.2 (AXSA:2025-11540:06)

high Nessus Plugin ID 283414

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:2025-11540:06 advisory.

 * bind: Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs (CVE-2025-40778)
 * bind: Cache poisoning due to weak PRNG (CVE-2025-40780)
 * bind: Resource exhaustion via malformed DNSKEY handling (CVE-2025-8677)

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

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/22724

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 283414

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-11540.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:bind9.18-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18-utils, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind9.18-chroot

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40778, CVE-2025-40780, CVE-2025-8677