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MiracleLinux 9 : curl-7.76.1-26.el9.2 (AXSA:2023-6965:14)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 292992
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:2023-6965:14 advisory.* curl: a heap-based buffer overflow in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake (CVE-2023-38545)
* curl: cookie injection with none file (CVE-2023-38546)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 292992
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6965.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38546
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38545
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:curl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:curl, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libcurl
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: 12/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-27533, CVE-2023-27534, CVE-2023-27536, CVE-2023-27538, CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546