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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-33987

medium Nessus Plugin ID 224730

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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.

 - The got package before 12.1.0 (also fixed in 11.8.5) for Node.js allows a redirect to a UNIX socket.
 (CVE-2022-33987)

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-2022-33987

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-33987

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 224730

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_33987.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33987

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-6.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-got, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, 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:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, 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:dotnet-targeting-pack-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:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33987