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MiracleLinux 8 : freeradius:3.0 Security update (AXSA:2020-789:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294303

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:2020-789:01 advisory.

 freeradius: eap-pwd: Information leak due to aborting when needing more than 10 iterations (CVE-2019-13456) CVE-2019-13456

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/11970

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294303

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-789.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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-mysql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-rest, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-krb5, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-perl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-unixodbc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:freeradius-sqlite

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13456