Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-44487

high Nessus Plugin ID 226986

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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.

- The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

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: High

ID: 226986

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_44487.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/12/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dnsdist, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grpc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:varnish, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:trafficserver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:h2o, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487

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