MiracleLinux 9 : qemu-kvm-8.2.0-11.el9 (AXSA:2024-7897:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293486

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:2024-7897:02 advisory.

* QEMU: e1000e: heap use-after-free in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() (CVE-2023-3019)
* QEMU: VNC: infinite loop in inflate_buffer() leads to denial of service (CVE-2023-3255)
* QEMU: improper IDE controller reset can lead to MBR overwrite (CVE-2023-5088)
* QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request() (CVE-2023-6683)
* QEMU: am53c974: denial of service due to division by zero (CVE-2023-42467)

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/19081

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293486

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7897.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

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5088

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools

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: 5/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3019, CVE-2023-3255, CVE-2023-42467, CVE-2023-5088, CVE-2023-6683