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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-4430

medium Nessus Plugin ID 217698

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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 dump_resource function in dird/dird_conf.c in Bacula before 5.2.11 does not properly enforce ACL rules, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain resource dump information via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2012-4430)

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-2012-4430

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 217698

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2012_4430.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4430

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-console-bat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-traymonitor

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: 9/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4430