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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-32990
medium Nessus Plugin ID 224769
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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.- An issue in gimp_layer_invalidate_boundary of GNOME GIMP 2.10.30 allows attackers to trigger an unhandled exception via a crafted XCF file, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). (CVE-2022-32990)
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-2022-32990
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 224769
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_32990.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: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32990
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gimp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gimp-libs
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: 6/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-32990