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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-32166

medium Nessus Plugin ID 224731

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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.

 - In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of minimasks function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution. (CVE-2022-32166)

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-2022-32166

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 224731

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_32166.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-ovn-common, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-central, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-ovn-central, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-ovn-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-ovn-vtep, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch-ovn-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-vtep, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-docker

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: 6/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32166