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MiracleLinux 9 : pam-1.5.1-22.el9_5 (AXSA:2024-9416:06)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293382

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:2024-9416:06 advisory.

 pam: Improper Hostname Interpretation in pam_access Leads to Access Control Bypass (CVE-2024-10963)

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 pam, pam-devel and / or pam-docs packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/20600

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293382

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-9416.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: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam-devel

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: 12/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10963