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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48949

critical Nessus Plugin ID 231601

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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.

 - The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg() validation. (CVE-2024-48949)

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-2024-48949

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48949

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48949

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 231601

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_48949.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-elliptic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-elliptic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql

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: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48949