MiracleLinux 9 : glib2-2.68.4-11.el9 (AXSA:2023-6826:03)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292741

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:2023-6826:03 advisory.

* glib: GVariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal() (CVE-2023-29499)
* glib: g_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs (CVE-2023-32611)
* glib: GVariant deserialisation does not match spec for non-normal data (CVE-2023-32665)

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/18010

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292741

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6826.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: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glib2-doc, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:glib2

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: 12/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29499, CVE-2023-32611, CVE-2023-32665