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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-56431

critical Nessus Plugin ID 231326

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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.

 - oc_huff_tree_unpack in huffdec.c in libtheora in Theora through 1.0 7180717 has an invalid negative left shift. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because there is no evidence of a security impact, e.g., an application would not crash. (CVE-2024-56431)

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-2024-56431

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-56431

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 231326

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_56431.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtheora, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:theora-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtheora, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtheora-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtheora, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtheora-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:theora-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11

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: 12/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56431