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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-24786

high Nessus Plugin ID 228008

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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 protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set. (CVE-2024-24786)

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-2024-24786

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-24786

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-24786

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 228008

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_24786.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:google-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:google-osconfig-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-google-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-google-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core

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: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24786