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MiracleLinux 8 : dhcp-4.3.6-49.el8 (AXSA:2023-5859:04)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 292380

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-5859:04 advisory.

 * dhcp: option refcount overflow when leasequery is enabled leading to dhcpd abort (CVE-2022-2928)
 * dhcp: DHCP memory leak (CVE-2022-2929)

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/17043

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 292380

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-5859.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-relay, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-server, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-common

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: 6/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2928, CVE-2022-2929