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AlmaLinux 8 : abrt (ALSA-2026:54272)

high Nessus Plugin ID 334949

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:54272 advisory.

 * abrt: TOCTOU race condition in abrt-dbus SetElement allows arbitrary file writes to dump directories (CVE-2026-54228)
 * abrt: ChownProblemDir succeeds during active post-create event processing due to inadequate locking (CVE-2026-54229)
 * abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file overwrites (CVE-2026-54230)
 * abrt: unsanitized systemd journal content written to dump directory files enables content injection (CVE-2026-54231)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54272

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-54272.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 334949

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-54272.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/12/2026

Updated: 8/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-coredump-helper, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-cli-ng, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-gui, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-plugin-machine-id, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-plugin-sosreport, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:abrt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-abrt-addon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-abrt-container-addon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-abrt

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54228, CVE-2026-54229, CVE-2026-54230, CVE-2026-54231

CWE: 362, 367, 59, 74

RHSA: 2026:54272