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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-24553

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229896

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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.

 - Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header. (CVE-2020-24553)

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-2020-24553

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24553

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229896

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_24553.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-plugin-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-go, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-go, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtsan-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libitm-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libasan-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libasan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgnat-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmudflap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic-static

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24553