Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-27304

critical Nessus Plugin ID 228297

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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.

- pgx is a PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Go. SQL injection can occur if an attacker can cause a single query or bind message to exceed 4 GB in size. An integer overflow in the calculated message size can cause the one large message to be sent as multiple messages under the attacker's control. The problem is resolved in v4.18.2 and v5.5.4. As a workaround, reject user input large enough to cause a single query or bind message to exceed 4 GB in size. (CVE-2024-27304)

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: Critical

ID: 228297

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_27304.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/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:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-jackc-pgproto3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-jackc-pgx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-jackc-pgx, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-jackc-pgconn, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, 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: 3/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27304

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