Detections
Analytics
MiracleLinux 7 : libxslt-1.1.28-6.0.2.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2025-9856:03)
high Nessus Plugin ID 283359
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-9856:03 advisory.* CVE-2025-24855: fix use-after-free issue in numbers.c by restoring XPath context node in nested XPath evaluations CVE(s):
CVE-2025-24855 numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.
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 libxslt and / or libxslt-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 283359
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-9856.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/13/2026
Updated: 1/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2025-24855
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxslt-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-24855