Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57360

medium Nessus Plugin ID 230382

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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.

- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ nm >=2.43 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The type of exploitation is: local. The component is: `nm --without-symbol-version` function. (CVE-2024-57360)

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: Medium

ID: 230382

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_57360.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 8/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-57360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils

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: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57360

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