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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2009-4228

high Nessus Plugin ID 217168

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c. (CVE-2009-4228)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-4228

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4228

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217168

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2009_4228.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 4/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xfig-common, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfig, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xfig-plain, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:transfig, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4228