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MiracleLinux 4 : sos-2.2-29.0.1.AXS4 (AXSA:2012-573:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 284293

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2012-573:02 advisory.

 Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2012-2664 The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
 Fixed bugs:
 On machines with bridged network configurations, sosreport logged errors, printed a Python backtrace and failed collecting some bridge configuration information because of a mistake in the parsing of the brctl command's output. brctl parsing has been modified to fix those problems.
 In order to gather all libvirt logs under one directory, sos used a single path. However, on some systems, the libvirtd.log file could be located in the parent directory and thus avoid being collected.
 The sosreport utility has been modified to use a wildcard character matching both potential locations for libvirt log, therefore fixing this problem.
 Enhancement:
 Added a new plugin to collect the necessary logs for the Gluster product.The files contained in the /etc/glusterd/ and /var/log/glusterfs/ directories are analyzed and their information collected.

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 sos package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/3088

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284293

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-573.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2664