Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-0250

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218450

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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.

- XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SVG to (1) PNG and (2) JPG conversion classes in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file. (CVE-2015-0250)

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: Critical

ID: 218450

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_0250.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-slideshow, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-slideshow, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-demo, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-ttf2svg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-ttf2svg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-rasterizer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-svgpp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-rasterizer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-squiggle, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-svgpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:batik-demo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:batik-squiggle

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: 3/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0250

Detections

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