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MiracleLinux 3 : libvirt-0.3.3-14.1.1AXS3 (AXSA:2009-33:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284056

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:2009-33:01 advisory.

 Libvirt is a C toolkit to interract with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
 Fixed bugs:
 CVE-2008-5086 Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
 CVE-2009-0036 Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in libvirt_proxy 0.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges by sending a portion of the header of a virProxyPacket packet, and then sending the remainder of the packet with crafted values in the header, related to use of uninitialized memory in a validation check.

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 libvirt, libvirt-devel and / or libvirt-python packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/670

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284056

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-33.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: 6.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0036

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-python

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5086, CVE-2009-0036