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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-13776

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223210

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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.

 - systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082. (CVE-2020-13776)

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-2020-13776

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13776

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223210

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_13776.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13776

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-sysv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-sysv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-networkd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-python, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-networkd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-resolved, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd

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: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13776