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MiracleLinux 3 : kvm-84-5AXS3 (AXSA:2009-381:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283901

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2009-381:01 advisory.

 This package provides the kvm kernel modules built for the Linux kernel 2.6.18-128.8AXS3PAE for the i686 family of processors.
 Fixed bugs:
 CVE-2009-1242 The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka Long mode enable) bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model- specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
 CVE-2009-2287 The kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, does not validate the page table root in a KVM_SET_SREGS call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a crafted cr3 value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the gfn_to_rmap function.

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 kmod-kvm and / or kmod-kvm-PAE packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/1019

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283901

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-381.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kmod-kvm-pae, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kmod-kvm

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: 9/3/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1242, CVE-2009-2287