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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-1983

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223432

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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.

 - A use after free vulnerability in ip_reass() in ip_input.c of libslirp 4.2.0 and prior releases allows crafted packets to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-1983)

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-2020-1983

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1983

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223432

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_1983.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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-2020-1983

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent-win32, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent-win32, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:slirp4netns

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1983