MiracleLinux 4 : kernel-2.6.32-504.23.4.el6 (AXSA:2015-178:05)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289934

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:2015-178:05 advisory.

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2014-9419 CVE-2014-9420 CVE-2014-9585 CVE-2015-1805 CVE-2015-3331

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/5523

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289934

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2015-178.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3331

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-2014-9420

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-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9419, CVE-2014-9420, CVE-2014-9585, CVE-2015-1805, CVE-2015-3331