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MiracleLinux 7 : libvirt-2.0.0-10.el7 (AXSA:2016-880:04)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 289532
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:2016-880:04 advisory.Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The main package includes the libvirtd server exporting the virtualization support.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2015-5160
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.
CVE-2015-5313 Directory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when fine-grained Access Control Lists (ACL) are in effect, allows local users with storage_vol:create ACL but not domain:write permission to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a volume name.
CVE-2016-5008 libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: libvirt (2.0.0).
Additional Changes:
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 289532
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-880.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: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5008
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:libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
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: 11/9/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2015