Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-4467

high Nessus Plugin ID 229376

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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.

- A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a `json:{}` value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file. (CVE-2024-4467)

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: High

ID: 229376

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_4467.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/22/2025

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: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4467

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-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: 7/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4467

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