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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-36665

critical Nessus Plugin ID 225913

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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.

 - protobuf.js (aka protobufjs) 6.10.0 through 7.x before 7.2.5 allows Prototype Pollution, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-25878. A user-controlled protobuf message can be used by an attacker to pollute the prototype of Object.prototype by adding and overwriting its data and functions. Exploitation can involve: (1) using the function parse to parse protobuf messages on the fly, (2) loading .proto files by using load/loadSync functions, or (3) providing untrusted input to the functions ReflectionObject.setParsedOption and util.setProperty. (CVE-2023-36665)

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-2023-36665

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 225913

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_36665.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36665