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MiracleLinux 4 : libarchive-2.8.3-3.AXS4 (AXSA:2012-68:01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 283920
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2012-68:01 advisory.Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 No information available at the time of writing, please refer to the CVE links below.
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 libarchive package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 283920
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-68.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: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1778
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1777
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libarchive, 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: 2/2/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1777, CVE-2011-1778