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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-5104

medium Nessus Plugin ID 219572

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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.

 - The socket_create function in common/socket.c in libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and communicate with services on iOS devices by connecting to an IPv4 TCP socket. (CVE-2016-5104)

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-2016-5104

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 219572

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_5104.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5104

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libimobiledevice-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libimobiledevice-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libimobiledevice-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libimobiledevice, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:usbmuxd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:usbmuxd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libimobiledevice-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libimobiledevice-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libimobiledevice-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libimobiledevice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbmuxd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:usbmuxd

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: 5/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5104