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MiracleLinux 3 : kernel-2.6.18-128.17.AXS3 (AXSA:2010-272:04)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 284065

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2010-272:04 advisory.

 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2010-1188 Use-after-free vulnerability in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20, when IPV6_RECVPKTINFO is set on a listening socket, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a SYN packet while the socket is in a listening (TCP_LISTEN) state, which is not properly handled causes the skb structure to be freed.

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 packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/1429

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 284065

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2010-272.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: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1188