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MiracleLinux 7 : glibc-2.17-222.el7 (AXSA:2018-2926:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 288895

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2018-2926:01 advisory.

 * glibc: realpath() buffer underflow when getcwd() returns relative path allows privilege escalation (CVE-2018-1000001)
 * glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE (CVE-2017-15670)
 * glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator (CVE-2017-15804)
 * glibc: denial of service in getnetbyname function (CVE-2014-9402)
 * glibc: DNS resolver NULL pointer dereference with crafted record type (CVE-2015-5180)
 * glibc: Fragmentation attacks possible when EDNS0 is enabled (CVE-2017-12132)

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 packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/9370

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 288895

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2018-2926.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc-headers, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc

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: 4/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9402, CVE-2015-5180, CVE-2017-12132, CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15804, CVE-2018-1000001