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CentOS Linux 7.9 [CIQ] Security Update: libnl / libnl-devel (ciqsa-2026_0701)

high Nessus Plugin ID 355373

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_0701 advisory.

 This advisory aggregates security fixes for the libnl SRPM in CIQ CentOS Bridge 7.9. It addresses 1 CVE:
 CVE-2017-0553.

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_0701.

See Also

https://github.com/ctrliq/advisories

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba54ec11

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef73b0e3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 355373

File Name: ciq_centos_7_9_ciqsa-2026_0701.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0553