MiracleLinux 4 : kernel-2.6.32-279.5.1.el6 (AXSA:2012-915:08)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 284084

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2012-915:08 advisory.

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2011-1078 The sco_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the SCO_CONNINFO option.
CVE-2012-2383 Integer overflow in the i915_gem_execbuffer2 function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ioctl call.
Fixed bugs:
Fixed some problems related to the leap second hrtimer.
[fs] proc: stats: Use arch_idle_time for idle and iowait times if available [usb] core: change the memory limits in usbfs URB submission [usb] core: unify some error pathways in usbfs [netdrv] ixgbe: BIT_APP_UPCHG not set by ixgbe_copy_dcb_cfg() [netdrv] ixgbe: driver fix for link flap [netdrv] be2net: enable GRO by default [net] bridge: Fix enforcement of multicast hash_max limit [net] 8021q/vlan: filter device events on bonds [wireless] ipw2200: remove references to CFG80211_WEXT config option [virt] kvm/vmx: Fix KVM_SET_SREGS with big real mode segments [fs] writeback: merge for_kupdate and !for_kupdate cases [fs] writeback: fix queue_io() ordering [fs] writeback: don't redirty tail an inode with dirty pages [fs] ext4: properly dirty split extent nodes

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 284084

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-915.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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1078

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel

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: 9/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1078, CVE-2012-2383

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