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MiracleLinux 3 : kernel-2.6.18-308.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-487:03)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 284089

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:2012-487:03 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-2011-1083 The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and epoll_ctl system calls.
 Fixed bugs:
 [kernel] sysctl: restrict write access to dmesg_restrict [net] igb: reset PHY after recovering from PHY power down [fs] prevent lock contention in shrink_dcache_sb via private list [usb] cdc-acm: make lock use interrupt safe Revert: [scsi] qla2xxx: fix IO failure during chip reset Revert: [scsi] qla2xxx: avoid SCSI host_lock dep in queuecommand [net] tg3: Fix 4k tx and recovery code [net] bnx2x: make bnx2x_close static again [net] bnx2x: add fan failure event handling

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/2984

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 284089

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-487.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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1083

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, 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: 4/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1083