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MiracleLinux 7 : libarchive-3.1.2-10.el7 (AXSA:2016-661:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 288965

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2016-661:01 advisory.

 Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2015-8916
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 CVE-2015-8917
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 CVE-2015-8919
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 CVE-2015-8920
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 CVE-2015-8921
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 CVE-2015-8922
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 CVE-2015-8923
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 CVE-2015-8924
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 CVE-2015-8925
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 CVE-2015-8926
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 CVE-2015-8928
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 CVE-2015-8930
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 CVE-2015-8931
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 CVE-2015-8932
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 CVE-2015-8934
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 CVE-2016-1541 Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.
 CVE-2016-4300
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 CVE-2016-4302
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 CVE-2016-4809
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 CVE-2016-5418
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 CVE-2016-5844
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 CVE-2016-6250
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 CVE-2016-7166
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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 libarchive package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/7093

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 288965

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-661.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1541

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libarchive

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8916, CVE-2015-8917, CVE-2015-8919, CVE-2015-8920, CVE-2015-8921, CVE-2015-8922, CVE-2015-8923, CVE-2015-8924, CVE-2015-8925, CVE-2015-8926, CVE-2015-8928, CVE-2015-8930, CVE-2015-8931, CVE-2015-8932, CVE-2015-8934, CVE-2016-1541, CVE-2016-4300, CVE-2016-4302, CVE-2016-4809, CVE-2016-5418, CVE-2016-5844, CVE-2016-6250, CVE-2016-7166