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MiracleLinux 3 : tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.40.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2013-538:02)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 289956

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2013-538:02 advisory.

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 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2013-1976 The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/4215

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 289956

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2013-538.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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1976

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:tomcat5-server-lib, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-common-lib, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper-javadoc, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5

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: 7/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1976