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MiracleLinux 4 : libuser-0.56.13-8.AXS4 (AXSA:2015-374:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289554

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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:2015-374:01 advisory.

 The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources.
 Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2015-3245 CVE-2015-3246

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 libuser and / or libuser-python packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/5721

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289554

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2015-374.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 2/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3245

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libuser-python, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libuser, 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: 8/13/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Libuser roothelper Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3245, CVE-2015-3246

IAVA: 2015-A-0179