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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-8905
medium Nessus Plugin ID 223167
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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.- do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360. (CVE-2019-8905)
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: 223167
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_8905.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:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8905
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:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-magic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-magic, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:file-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-devel, 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: 2/18/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-8905