MiracleLinux 3 : mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-3.2AXS3 (AXSA:2009-20:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 283931

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2009-20:01 advisory.

mod_auth_mysql can be used to limit access to documents served by a web server by checking data in a MySQL database.
Fixed bugs:
CVE-2008-2384 SQL injection vulnerability in mod_auth_mysql.c in the mod-auth-mysql (aka libapache2-mod-auth-mysql) module for the Apache HTTP Server 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via multibyte character encodings for unspecified input.

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 mod_auth_mysql package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 283931

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-20.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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: 2/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2384

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