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MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3 (AXSA:2021-1696:08)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293956

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:2021-1696:08 advisory.

 * kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege (CVE-2020-0466)
 * kernel: SCSI target (LIO) write to any block on ILO backstore (CVE-2020-28374)
 * kernel: Use after free via PI futex state (CVE-2021-3347)
 * kernel: race conditions caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708)
 * kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)
 * kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)
 * Kernel: KVM: host stack overflow due to lazy update IOAPIC (CVE-2020-27152)
 * kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles (CVE-2021-27363)

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/12878

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293956

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1696.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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28374

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-core, 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-abi-whitelists, 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: 4/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0466, CVE-2020-27152, CVE-2020-28374, CVE-2021-26708, CVE-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365, CVE-2021-3347