Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9228

critical Nessus Plugin ID 221303

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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.

- An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A heap out-of-bounds write occurs in bitset_set_range() during regular expression compilation due to an uninitialized variable from an incorrect state transition. An incorrect state transition in parse_char_class() could create an execution path that leaves a critical local variable uninitialized until it's used as an index, resulting in an out-of-bounds write memory corruption.
(CVE-2017-9228)

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: 221303

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_9228.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9228

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:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oniguruma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oniguruma-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oniguruma-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oniguruma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo

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: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9228

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