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MiracleLinux 8 : pcp-5.0.2-5.0.1.el8 (AXSA:2020-968:07)

high Nessus Plugin ID 294347

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:2020-968:07 advisory.

 update to version pcp-5.0.2-5 CVE-2019-3695 A Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows the user pcp to run code as root by placing it into /var/log/pcp/configs.sh This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1.
 CVE-2019-3696 A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local user pcp to overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary content.
 This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1.
 openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1.
 - rebuild for new qt5

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/12150

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 294347

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-968.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: 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-2019-3695

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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:pcp-pmda-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-smart, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-ganglia2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gluster, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-gui, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-vmware, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-collectl2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gpfs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-podman, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2spark, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-apache, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mounts, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-manager, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mysql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-iostat2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-shping, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-sendmail, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-conf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-postfix, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-docker, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-samba, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mailq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-logimport, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-zabbix-agent, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-sar2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-doc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-snmp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-system-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nginx, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lustre, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2xml, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lio, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bash, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-logger, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-pdns, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-openmetrics, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-selinux, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-roomtemp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-weblog, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-systemd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2json, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-oracle, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-nfsclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389log, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-named, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-cisco, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-zswap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bcc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-activemq, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bonding, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-trace, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-pmda, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-unbound, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-summary, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-mmv, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-redis, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2graphite, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-zimbra, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2influxdb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mssql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-import-mrtg2pcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lmsensors, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-dbping, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-slurm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-cifs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-netcheck, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-json, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-memcache, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-pcp-logsummary, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-infiniband, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-news, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-export-pcp2zabbix, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bind2, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-lustrecomm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-dm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-bpftrace, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-mic, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-rpm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pcp-pmda-haproxy

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: 12/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3695, CVE-2019-3696