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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-24537
high Nessus Plugin ID 225957
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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.- Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow. (CVE-2023-24537)
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-2023-24537
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 225957
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_24537.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 8/31/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-24537
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, 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:podman, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, 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, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.15, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24537