Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-39128

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227128

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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.

- GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c. (CVE-2023-39128)

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: 227128

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_39128.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39128

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-gdb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:crash, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:crash, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 7/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39128

Detections

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