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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-16845

high Nessus Plugin ID 223345

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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.

 - Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary via invalid inputs. (CVE-2020-16845)

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-2020-16845

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16845

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 223345

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_16845.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-plugin-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-go, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libasan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-go, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtsan-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libasan-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcc

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: 8/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16845