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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-1705

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229980

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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.

 - Acceptance of some invalid Transfer-Encoding headers in the HTTP/1 client in net/http before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows HTTP request smuggling if combined with an intermediate server that also improperly fails to reject the header as invalid. (CVE-2022-1705)

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-2022-1705

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1705

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 229980

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_1705.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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:osbuild-composer, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.15, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:weldr-client, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:butane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1705