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MiracleLinux 9 : openssh-8.7p1-29.el9 (AXSA:2023-6041:05)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 292852

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6041:05 advisory.

 * openssh: the functions order_hostkeyalgs() and list_hostkey_types() leads to double-free vulnerability (CVE-2023-25136)

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 packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/17225

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 292852

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6041.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: 5.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-askpass, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-server

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: 6/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25136