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MiracleLinux 8 : bind-9.11.20-5.el8 (AXSA:2021-1277:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294058

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:2021-1277:01 advisory.

 * bind: asterisk character in an empty non-terminal can cause an assertion failure in rbtdb.c (CVE-2020-8619)
 * bind: truncated TSIG response can lead to an assertion failure (CVE-2020-8622)
 * bind: remotely triggerable assertion failure in pk11.c (CVE-2020-8623)
 * bind: incorrect enforcement of update-policy rules of type subdomain (CVE-2020-8624)

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/12459

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294058

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1277.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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-export-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-pkcs11-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-sdb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-bind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-sdb-chroot, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-export-devel

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: 1/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8619, CVE-2020-8622, CVE-2020-8623, CVE-2020-8624