MiracleLinux 9 : buildah-1.31.3-1.el9 (AXSA:2023-6640:04)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 292145

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6640:04 advisory.

* golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540)
* net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723)
* golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724)
* golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725)
* golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534)
* golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536)
* golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538)
* golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539)
* containerd: Supplementary groups are not set up properly (CVE-2023-25173)
* golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400)
* golang: net/[http:](http:) insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406)

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 buildah and / or buildah-tests packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/17824

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 292145

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6640.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:buildah-tests

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: 12/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41723, CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2022-41725, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24536, CVE-2023-24538, CVE-2023-24539, CVE-2023-24540, CVE-2023-25173, CVE-2023-29400, CVE-2023-29406

IAVB: 2023-B-0012-S, 2023-B-0022-S, 2023-B-0029-S, 2023-B-0052-S, 2023-B-0068-S, 2023-B-0080-S