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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-2621

high Nessus Plugin ID 217201

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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.

 - The QSslSocketBackendPrivate::transmit function in src_network_ssl_qsslsocket_openssl.cpp in Qt 4.6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request.
 (CVE-2010-2621)

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-2010-2621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217201

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2010_2621.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:phonon-backend-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-examples, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-x11, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2621