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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-21538

high Nessus Plugin ID 228288

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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.

 - Versions of the package cross-spawn before 6.0.6, from 7.0.0 and before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string. (CVE-2024-21538)

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-2024-21538

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 228288

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_21538.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21538

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21538

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon

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: 11/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21538