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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25260

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227773

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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.

 - elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at readelf.c. (CVE-2024-25260)

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-2024-25260

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25260

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 227773

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_25260.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-default-yama-scope, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:elfutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel-static, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-default-yama-scope

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: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25260