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MiracleLinux 8 : unbound-1.16.2-5.el8_9.6 (AXSA:2024-7684:04)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293592

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2024-7684:04 advisory.

 * A vulnerability was found in Unbound due to incorrect default permissions, allowing any process outside the unbound group to modify the unbound runtime configuration. The default combination of the control- use-cert: no option with either explicit or implicit use of an IP address in the control-interface option could allow improper access. If a process can connect over localhost to port 8953, it can alter the configuration of unbound.service. This flaw allows an unprivileged local process to manipulate a running instance, potentially altering forwarders, allowing them to track all queries forwarded by the local resolver, and, in some cases, disrupting resolving altogether.
 To mitigate the vulnerability, a new file /etc/unbound/conf.d/remote-control.conf has been added and included in the main unbound configuration file, unbound.conf. The file contains two directives that should limit access to unbound.conf:
 control-interface: /run/unbound/control control-use-cert: yes For details about these directives, run man unbound.conf.
 Updating to the version of unbound provided by this advisory should, in most cases, address the vulnerability. To verify that your configuration is not vulnerable, use the unbound-control status | grep control command. If the output contains control(ssl) or control(namedpipe), your configuration is not vulnerable. If the command output returns only control, the configuration is vulnerable because it does not enforce access only to the unbound group members. To fix your configuration, add the line include:
 /etc/unbound/conf.d/remote-control.conf to the end of the file /etc/unbound/unbound.conf. If you use a custom /etc/unbound/conf.d/remote-control.conf file, add the new directives to this file.
 (CVE-2024-1488)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/18868

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293592

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7684.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:unbound-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-unbound, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8

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: 4/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1488