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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-14274
medium Nessus Plugin ID 222388
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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.- MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c. (CVE-2019-14274)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 222388
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_14274.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: 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-2019-14274
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmcpp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mcpp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmcpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mcpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mcpp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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: 7/26/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-14274