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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-48161

high Nessus Plugin ID 226914

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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.

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c (CVE-2023-48161)

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-2023-48161

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48161

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48161

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 226914

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_48161.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:giflib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-slowdebug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:giflib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:giflib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-slowdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-fastdebug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-headless-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-javadoc-zip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-src-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-devel-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-headless-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-demo-slowdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-demo-fastdebug, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-11-openjdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:giflib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-11-openjdk-static-libs

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: 11/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48161