MiracleLinux 7 : kernel-3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7 (AXSA:2021-1083:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 293966

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1083:01 advisory.

* kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt (CVE-2020-14385)
* kernel: The flow_dissector feature allows device tracking (CVE-2019-18282)
* kernel: Buffer over-read in crypto_authenc_extractkeys() when a payload longer than 4 bytes is not aligned. (CVE-2020-10769)
* kernel: buffer uses out of index in ext3/4 filesystem (CVE-2020-14314)
* kernel: umask not applied on filesystem without ACL support (CVE-2020-24394)
* kernel: TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code (CVE-2020-25212)
* kernel: improper input validation in ppp_cp_parse_cr function leads to memory corruption and read overflow (CVE-2020-25643)

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/12265

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 293966

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1083.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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists

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: 1/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18282, CVE-2020-10769, CVE-2020-14314, CVE-2020-14385, CVE-2020-24394, CVE-2020-25212, CVE-2020-25643