Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-3978

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225969

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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.

- Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack. (CVE-2023-3978)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225969

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_3978.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 10/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-golang-x-net, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-golang-x-net-dev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-golang-x-net, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 8/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3978

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