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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-1841
high Nessus Plugin ID 217840
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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.- Net-Server, when the reverse-lookups option is enabled, does not check if the hostname resolves to the source IP address, which might allow remote attackers to bypass ACL restrictions via the hostname parameter. (CVE-2013-1841)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 217840
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2013_1841.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 9/2/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1841
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:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnet-server-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnet-server-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1841