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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-44840

high Nessus Plugin ID 225083

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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.

 - Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c. (CVE-2022-44840)

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-2022-44840

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44840

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 225083

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_44840.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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-2022-44840