MiracleLinux 3 : util-linux-2.13-0.59.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-269:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284214

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2012-269:01 advisory.

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2011-1675 mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT_FSIZE value, a related issue to CVE-2011-1089.
CVE-2011-1677 mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab~ lock file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
Fixed bugs:
If the user logged into a telnet server, the login utility failed to properly update the utmp database if the utility was executed from the telnetd daemon. This has been fixed.
Added the descriptions of many options to the blockdev(8) manual page, as well as some missisng information about the ext4 and XFS file systems.
Previously, the build process of the util-linux package failed in the po directory with the following error message: @MKINSTALLDIRS@: No such file or directory. This has been fixed and the package now builds successfully.
Removed the invalid -b option from the ipcs(1) and ipcrm(1) manual pages.
Enhancements:
If DOS mode was enabled on a device, the fdisk utility sometimes reported error messages similar to:
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 2, 7) The DOS compatible mode can now be switched off (by specifying the -c option), thus fixing the problem.
Added fsfreeze command which halts access to a file system on a disk.

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 util-linux package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284214

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-269.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1677

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:util-linux

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: 3/7/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1675, CVE-2011-1677

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