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MiracleLinux 8 : libpq-12.5-1.el8 (AXSA:2021-1461:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293839

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:2021-1461:01 advisory.

 * postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)
 * postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)

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 libpq and / or libpq-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/12643

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293839

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1461.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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25696

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25694

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libpq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libpq-devel, 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: 2/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25694, CVE-2020-25696