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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-12448

high Nessus Plugin ID 222536

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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 GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c has race conditions because the admin backend doesn't implement query_info_on_read/write. (CVE-2019-12448)

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-2019-12448

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 222536

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_12448.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: 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-2019-12448

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-afc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-mtp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-client, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-afp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12448