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MiracleLinux 4 : kernel-2.6.32-696.23.1.el6 (AXSA:2018-2645:03)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289675

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:2018-2645:03 advisory.

 * hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection (s390-only) (CVE-2017-5715, Important)
 * hw: cpu: speculative execution bounds-check bypass (s390 and powerpc) (CVE-2017-5753, Important)
 * hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (powerpc-only) (CVE-2017-5754)

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

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/9089

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289675

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2018-2645.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: 7.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5754

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists

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: 4/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754

IAVA: 2018-A-0017-S, 2018-A-0019, 2018-A-0020, 2018-A-0022-S