MiracleLinux 4 : glibc-2.12-1.212.AXS4 (AXSA:2018-3156:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 289196

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2018-3156:01 advisory.

* 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)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 289196

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2018-3156.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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: 8.5

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:U/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-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc-utils, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glibc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15804

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