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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-47010

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225050

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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 was discovered function pr_function_type in prdbg.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks. (CVE-2022-47010)

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-2022-47010

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-47010

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225050

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_47010.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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-2022-47010

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:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic

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: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47010