MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 (AXSA:2024-8704:25)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292998

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:2024-8704:25 advisory.

kernel: powerpc: Fix access beyond end of drmem array (CVE-2023-52451) kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463) kernel: tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block (CVE-2021-46939) kernel: ext4: avoid online resizing failures due to oversized flex bg (CVE-2023-52622) kernel: net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload (CVE-2024-26669) kernel: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (CVE-2024-26802) kernel: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size (CVE-2024-26843) kernel: quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2024-26878) kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-36886) kernel: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context (CVE-2023-52653) kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application (CVE-2024-21823) kernel: Revert net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency (CVE-2023-52658) kernel: ext4: fix corruption during on-line resize (CVE-2024-35807) kernel: x86/fpu: Keep xfd_state in sync with MSR_IA32_XFD (CVE-2024-35801) kernel: dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (CVE-2024-35947) kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (CVE-2024-35893) kernel: x86/mce: Make sure to grab mce_sysfs_mutex in set_bank() (CVE-2024-35876) kernel: platform/x86: wmi: Fix opening of char device (CVE-2023-52864) kernel: tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845) (CVE-2023-28746) (CVE-2023-52847) (CVE-2021-47548) (CVE-2024-36921) (CVE-2024-26921) (CVE-2021-47579) (CVE-2024-36927) (CVE-2024-39276) (CVE-2024-33621) (CVE-2024-27010) (CVE-2024-26960) (CVE-2024-38596) (CVE-2022-48743) (CVE-2024-26733) (CVE-2024-26586) (CVE-2024-26698) (CVE-2023-52619)

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/19888

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292998

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-8704.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: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35814

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra

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: 8/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46939, CVE-2021-47018, CVE-2021-47257, CVE-2021-47284, CVE-2021-47304, CVE-2021-47373, CVE-2021-47408, CVE-2021-47461, CVE-2021-47468, CVE-2021-47491, CVE-2021-47548, CVE-2021-47579, CVE-2021-47624, CVE-2022-48632, CVE-2022-48743, CVE-2022-48747, CVE-2022-48757, CVE-2023-28746, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52471, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52619, CVE-2023-52622, CVE-2023-52623, CVE-2023-52648, CVE-2023-52653, CVE-2023-52658, CVE-2023-52662, CVE-2023-52679, CVE-2023-52707, CVE-2023-52730, CVE-2023-52762, CVE-2023-52764, CVE-2023-52775, CVE-2023-52777, CVE-2023-52784, CVE-2023-52791, CVE-2023-52796, CVE-2023-52803, CVE-2023-52811, CVE-2023-52832, CVE-2023-52834, CVE-2023-52845, CVE-2023-52847, CVE-2023-52864, CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-25739, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26660, CVE-2024-26669, CVE-2024-26686, CVE-2024-26698, CVE-2024-26704, CVE-2024-26733, CVE-2024-26740, CVE-2024-26772, CVE-2024-26773, CVE-2024-26802, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26837, CVE-2024-26840, CVE-2024-26843, CVE-2024-26852, CVE-2024-26853, CVE-2024-26870, CVE-2024-26878, CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26940, CVE-2024-26958, CVE-2024-26960, CVE-2024-26961, CVE-2024-27010, CVE-2024-27011, CVE-2024-27019, CVE-2024-27020, CVE-2024-27025, CVE-2024-27065, CVE-2024-27388, CVE-2024-27395, CVE-2024-27434, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-35790, CVE-2024-35801, CVE-2024-35807, CVE-2024-35810, CVE-2024-35814, CVE-2024-35823, CVE-2024-35824, CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-35893, CVE-2024-35896, CVE-2024-35897, CVE-2024-35899, CVE-2024-35900, CVE-2024-35910, CVE-2024-35912, CVE-2024-35924, CVE-2024-35925, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35937, CVE-2024-35938, CVE-2024-35946, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-35952, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-36005, CVE-2024-36006, CVE-2024-36010, CVE-2024-36016, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36020, CVE-2024-36025, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36896, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-36917, CVE-2024-36921, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-36929, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36945, CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2024-36979, CVE-2024-38538, CVE-2024-38555, CVE-2024-38573, CVE-2024-38575, CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38615, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-39472, CVE-2024-39476, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-40927, CVE-2024-40974