Detections
Analytics
MiracleLinux 8 : pcre-8.42-6.el8 (AXSA:2021-2716:01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 294350
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:2021-2716:01 advisory.* pcre: Buffer over-read in JIT when UTF is disabled and \X or \R has fixed quantifier greater than 1 (CVE-2019-20838)
* pcre: Integer overflow when parsing callout numeric arguments (CVE-2020-14155)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 294350
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-2716.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
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-2020-14155
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20838
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre-static, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre-utf32, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre-cpp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre-utf16, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcre
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: 12/13/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2020-14155