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MiracleLinux 7 : qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7 (AXSA:2018-2655:03)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289845

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:2018-2655:03 advisory.

 * Qemu: vga: OOB read access during display update (CVE-2017-13672)
 * Qemu: Slirp: use-after-free when sending response (CVE-2017-13711)
 * Qemu: memory exhaustion through framebuffer update request message in VNC server (CVE-2017-15124)
 * Qemu: I/O: potential memory exhaustion via websock connection to VNC (CVE-2017-15268)
 * Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine (CVE-2018-5683)

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/9099

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289845

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2018-2655.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: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15124

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15268

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-img, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common

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: 4/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13672, CVE-2017-13711, CVE-2017-15124, CVE-2017-15268, CVE-2018-5683