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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-3864

high Nessus Plugin ID 230233

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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 logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iCloud for Windows 7.17, iTunes 12.10.4 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 10.9.2, tvOS 13.3.1, Safari 13.0.5, iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1. A DOM object context may not have had a unique security origin. (CVE-2020-3864)

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-2020-3864

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-3864

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 230233

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_3864.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3864

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:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-source, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebkit-opensource-src

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: 2/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3864