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MiracleLinux 4 : dhcp-4.1.1-53.P1.4.0.1.AXS4 (AXSA:2018-3101:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289019

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2018-3101:02 advisory.

 * A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Asianux Server. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on systems using NetworkManager and configured to obtain network configuration using the DHCP protocol. (CVE-2018-1111) Asianux would like to thank Felix Wilhelm (Google Security Team) for reporting this issue.
 CVE-2018-1111
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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 dhclient, dhcp and / or dhcp-common packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/9546

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289019

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2018-3101.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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/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:dhclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-common, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4

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: 5/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1111

IAVA: 2018-A-0162