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MiracleLinux 9 : rpm-4.16.1.3-27.el9_3 (AXSA:2024-7473:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 292970

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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:2024-7473:01 advisory.

 * rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks (CVE-2021-35937)
 * rpm: races with chown/chmod/capabilities calls during installation (CVE-2021-35938)
 * rpm: checks for unsafe symlinks are not performed for intermediary directories (CVE-2021-35939)

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/18657

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 292970

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7473.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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-35939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-ima, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-sign-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-build-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-cron, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-fapolicyd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-audit, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-rpm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-syslog, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-selinux, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-sign, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit

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: 1/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-35937, CVE-2021-35938, CVE-2021-35939