Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-25881

high Nessus Plugin ID 224557

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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.

- This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library. (CVE-2022-25881)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 224557

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_25881.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25881

Detections

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