Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-2383

high Nessus Plugin ID 217818

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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.

- Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2384, and CVE-2013-2420. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to handling of [a] glyph table in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) Layout Engine before 51.2. (CVE-2013-2383)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217818

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2013_2383.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2383

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:icu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:icu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libicu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libicu, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 4/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2383

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