Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-7850

high Nessus Plugin ID 218647

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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.

- Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in FreeIPA 4.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to breadcrumb navigation. (CVE-2014-7850)

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: 218647

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_7850.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: 5.8

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-2014-7850

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-common, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-common, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-dns

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: 11/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7850

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