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MiracleLinux 8 : grub2-2.02-78.0.2.el8 (AXSA:2020-283:03)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294728

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2020-283:03 advisory.

 * grub2: grub2-set-bootflag utility causes grubenv corruption rendering the system non-bootable (CVE-2019-14865)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/11464

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294728

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-283.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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-tools-extra, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-tools-efi, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-ia32-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:grub2-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14865