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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25563

medium Nessus Plugin ID 228278

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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.

 - Improper initialization in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi- Fi before version 23.40 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2024-25563)

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-2024-25563

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 228278

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_25563.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 7/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.25

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Threat Score: 1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:firmware-nonfree

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: 11/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25563