MiracleLinux 3 : kvm-84-6AXS3 (AXSA:2009-417:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 284451

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:2009-417:02 advisory.

This package provides the kvm kernel modules built for the Linux kernel 2.6.18-128.12AXS3.
Security bugs fixed with this release:
CVE-2009-3290 The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified random addresses.

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 kmod-kvm and / or kmod-kvm-PAE packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/1055

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284451

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-417.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: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kmod-kvm-pae, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kmod-kvm

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: 10/28/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3290