Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-24788

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227725

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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.

- A malformed DNS message in response to a query can cause the Lookup functions to get stuck in an infinite loop. (CVE-2024-24788)

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: 227725

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_24788.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 7/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.20, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:butane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-lfs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:git-lfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:weldr-client

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24788

Detections

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