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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-29130

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223545

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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.

 - slirp.c in libslirp through 4.3.1 has a buffer over-read because it tries to read a certain amount of header data even if that exceeds the total packet length. (CVE-2020-29130)

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-2020-29130

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223545

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_29130.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, 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, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img-ma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools-ma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ma

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: 11/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29130