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MiracleLinux 3 : bash-3.2-32.AXS3 (AXSA:2011-274:01)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 284407
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2011-274:01 advisory.The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification. This package (bash) contains bash version 3.2, which improves POSIX compliance over previous versions.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2008-5374 bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
Fixed bugs:
- Bash would sometimes abort scripts that assigned read-only variables when using the source at . . This has been fixed.
- If the prompt contained a character that cannot beviewed and and , the prompt would jump to an unexpected position when using auto-completion (with the tab key). This has been fixed.
- When bash attempted to interpret the NOBITS .dynamic section of the ELF header, it would result in a ^D: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory message. This has been fixed.
- The $RANDOM variable now generates a new random number for each use.
- When running a shell script with an embedded null character, Bash source builtin parsed the script incorrectly. This has been fixed.
- Updated the man page for trap with mentions that signals ignored upon entry cannot be listed later.
- Text that is more than one line now displays correctly when resizing the terminal window.
- bash would display Broken pipe for builtins like echo and printf when output did not succeed due to EPIPE. This was incorrect and has been fixed.
- in vi-mode, inserts with the repeat function were not possible. This has been fixed.
- Fixed auto-complete behavior: bash does not append / anymore to files, only to directories.
- fixed a memory leak in the read builtin.
- removed the unusable and unbuildable source files from /usr/share/doc/bash-3.2/loadables in the bash package.
Enhancements:
- The system-wide /etc/bash.bash_logout bash logout file is now enabled.
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 bash package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 284407
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2011-274.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: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5374
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bash
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: 7/29/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5374