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CentOS Linux 7.9 [CIQ] Security Update: coreutils / coreutils-debuginfo (ciqsa-2026_0656)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355145

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Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 7.9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0656 advisory.

 This advisory aggregates security fixes for the coreutils SRPM in CIQ CentOS Bridge 7.9. It addresses 1 CVE: CVE-2016-2781.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_0656.

See Also

https://github.com/ctrliq/advisories

http://www.nessus.org/u?08fa3fec

http://www.nessus.org/u?c5ca6223

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355145

File Name: ciq_centos_7_9_ciqsa-2026_0656.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2781

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 3.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2781