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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-3563

medium Nessus Plugin ID 224841

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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.

 - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel. Affected is the function read_50_controller_cap_complete of the file tools/mgmt-tester.c of the component BlueZ. The manipulation of the argument cap_len leads to null pointer dereference. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211086 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3563)

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-2022-3563

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 224841

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_3563.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-hid2hci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-obexd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez-hid2hci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bluez-obexd

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: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3563