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MiracleLinux 4 : libcap-2.16-5.5.AXS4 (AXSA:2012-32:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283918

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2012-32:01 advisory.

 libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2011-4099 No information available at the time of writing, see the CVE link below.

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 libcap and / or libcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/2521

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283918

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-32.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4099

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libcap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libcap-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4

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: 1/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4099