Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6126

low Nessus Plugin ID 231061

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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 cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.
(CVE-2024-6126)

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: Low

ID: 231061

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_6126.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 9/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-bridge, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws

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: 7/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6126

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