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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-5068

medium Nessus Plugin ID 222894

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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 exploitable shared memory permissions vulnerability exists in the functionality of X11 Mesa 3D Graphics Library 19.1.2. An attacker can access the shared memory without any specific permissions to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2019-5068)

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-2019-5068

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 222894

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_5068.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: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgles, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libglapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libwayland-egl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-vulkan-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libosmesa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libwayland-egl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-dri-drivers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libxatracker-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-vdpau-drivers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libglapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libwayland-egl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libxatracker, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libegl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgl-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libosmesa-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgles-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgles-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgbm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libosmesa-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libegl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-dri-drivers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgbm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgbm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-vulkan-drivers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-vdpau-drivers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-vulkan-drivers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libxatracker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libxatracker-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libegl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libgles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libegl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libwayland-egl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-vulkan-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mesa-libosmesa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mesa-libgl

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: 11/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5068