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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-14850

low Nessus Plugin ID 222422

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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.

 - A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in nbdkit 1.12.7, 1.14.1 and 1.15.1. An attacker could connect to the nbdkit service and cause it to perform a large amount of work in initializing backend plugins, by simply opening a connection to the service. This vulnerability could cause resource consumption and degradation of service in nbdkit, depending on the plugins configured on the server-side.
 (CVE-2019-14850)

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-2019-14850

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14850

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 222422

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_14850.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14850

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-gzip-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-curl-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-tar-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-example-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nbdkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-plugin-python-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tar-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-gzip-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-plugin-python3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-plugin-gzip, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-ssh-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-vddk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-curl-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-basic-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tar-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-plugin-xz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-plugin-python3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-plugin-vddk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-xz-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-plugin-gzip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-basic-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-gzip-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-gzip-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-ssh-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-xz-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-plugin-vddk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-vddk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-plugin-xz, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-tar-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-example-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-nbd-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-plugin-python-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nbdkit-nbd-plugin

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: 3/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14850