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MiracleLinux 8 : shadow-utils-4.6-19.el8 (AXSA:2023-7078:04)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 292198
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-7078:04 advisory.* shadow-utils: possible password leak during passwd(1) change (CVE-2023-4641)
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 shadow-utils, shadow-utils-subid and / or shadow-utils-subid-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 292198
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-7078.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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4641
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:shadow-utils, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:shadow-utils-subid-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:shadow-utils-subid
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-4641