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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15232

medium Nessus Plugin ID 220563

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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.

 - libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in jdpostct.c and jquant1.c via a crafted JPEG file.
 (CVE-2017-15232)

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-2017-15232

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 220563

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_15232.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libjpeg-turbo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libjpeg-turbo-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libjpeg-turbo-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libjpeg-turbo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:turbojpeg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:turbojpeg-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libjpeg-turbo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:turbojpeg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:turbojpeg-devel

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: 10/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15232