MiracleLinux 8 : pcp-5.3.7-22.el8_10 (AXSA:2024-8874:06)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 292385

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:2024-8874:06 advisory.

* pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user (CVE-2024-45770)
* pcp: pmcd heap corruption through metric pmstore operations (CVE-2024-45769)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 292385

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-8874.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-smart, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-ganglia2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gluster, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-gui, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-statsd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-collectl2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gpfs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-podman, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2spark, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-apache, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mounts, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mysql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-iostat2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-shping, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-sendmail, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-conf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-postfix, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-docker, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-samba, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mailq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-logimport, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-zabbix-agent, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-sar2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-snmp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-sockets, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-system-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-hacluster, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nginx, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lustre, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2xml, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lio, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bash, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-logger, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-pdns, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-openmetrics, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-selinux, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-roomtemp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-weblog, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-systemd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mongodb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2json, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-oracle, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-denki, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nfsclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389log, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-named, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-cisco, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-zswap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bcc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-activemq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bonding, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-trace, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-pmda, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-unbound, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-summary, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-mmv, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-redis, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2graphite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-zimbra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2influxdb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-rabbitmq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mssql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-mrtg2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lmsensors, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-dbping, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-slurm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-cifs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-netcheck, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-json, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-memcache, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-logsummary, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-infiniband, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-news, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2zabbix, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bind2, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lustrecomm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-dm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bpftrace, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mic, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-haproxy

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: 10/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45769, CVE-2024-45770

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