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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-0131

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227442

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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.

 - NVIDIA GPU kernel driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where a potential user-mode attacker could read a buffer with an incorrect length. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service. (CVE-2024-0131)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-0131

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0131

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 227442

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_0131.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0131

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-530, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-435, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-545, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-560, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-510, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-455, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-520, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-430

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: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0131