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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-7245

high Nessus Plugin ID 221406

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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.

 - Stack-based buffer overflow in the pcre32_copy_substring function in pcre_get.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WRITE of size 4) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-7245)

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-2017-7245

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7245

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 221406

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_7245.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virtuoso-opensource, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pcre3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virtuoso-opensource-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:virtuoso-opensource-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virtuoso-opensource, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcre-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-devel

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: 3/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7245