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MiracleLinux 7 : bind-9.11.4-16.P2.6.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2020-120:04)

high Nessus Plugin ID 294702

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-120:04 advisory.

 * bind: BIND does not sufficiently limit the number of fetches performed when processing referrals (CVE-2020-8616)
 * bind: A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c (CVE-2020-8617)

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/11301

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 294702

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-120.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: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8616

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, 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-pkcs11-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-libs-lite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bind-license, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8616, CVE-2020-8617