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MiracleLinux 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (AXSA:2020-942:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291636

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-942:01 advisory.

 * golang.org/x/text: possibility to trigger an infinite loop in encoding/unicode could lead to crash (CVE-2020-14040)
 * golang: data race in certain net/http servers including ReverseProxy can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-15586)
 * golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs (CVE-2020-16845) CVE(s):
 CVE-2020-14040 CVE-2020-15586 CVE-2020-16845 Modularity name: go-toolset Stream: rhel8

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/12124

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291636

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-942.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:delve, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:delve-debugsource, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:go-toolset

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: 11/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14040, CVE-2020-15586, CVE-2020-16845