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MiracleLinux 4 : busybox-1.15.1-20.AXS4 (AXSA:2014-023:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 289486

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2014-023:01 advisory.

 Busybox is a single binary which includes versions of a large number of system commands, including a shell. This package can be very useful for recovering from certain types of system failures, particularly those involving broken shared libraries.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2013-1813 util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
 Fixed bugs:
 Previously, the wc BusyBox command failed after processing standard input with the following error: wc:
 : No such file or directory. This has been fixed by disabling the string size optimization The mknod command can now creates device nodes with a major or minor number larger than 255.
 When installing from an NFS server, the mount command could fail if the NFS server only supported TCP mounts, and the installation could not continue. This has been fixed and NFS mounts now default to TCP.

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 busybox package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/4434

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 289486

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2014-023.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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:busybox, 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: 3/7/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1813