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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-15469
low Nessus Plugin ID 223308
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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.- In QEMU 4.2.0, a MemoryRegionOps object may lack read/write callback methods, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2020-15469)
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-2020-15469
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 223308
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_15469.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 8/31/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15469
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.3
Temporal Score: 2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-rhev, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common-ma
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-15469