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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-4607

high Nessus Plugin ID 218349

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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.

 - Integer overflow in the LZO algorithm variant in Oberhumer liblzo2 and lzo-2 before 2.07 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Literal Run.
 (CVE-2014-4607)

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-2014-4607

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 218349

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_4607.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:busybox-petitboot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:busybox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dump, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-ia32-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-efi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-ppc-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-ppc64-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-ppc64le-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grub2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rmt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:busybox-petitboot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:busybox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-ia32-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-ia32, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64le-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rmt

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: 6/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4607