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MiracleLinux 8 : kernel-4.18.0-147.8.1.el8 (AXSA:2020-750:12)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294017

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:2020-750:12 advisory.

 * kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via a Facility Unavailable exception (CVE-2019-15030)
 * kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt (CVE-2019-15031)
 * kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure (CVE-2019-18660)
 * kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver (CVE-2019-19527)

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/11931

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294017

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-750.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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2019-19527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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-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: 10/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15030, CVE-2019-15031, CVE-2019-18660, CVE-2019-19527