Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-9355

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231628

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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 vulnerability was found in Golang FIPS OpenSSL. This flaw allows a malicious user to randomly cause an uninitialized buffer length variable with a zeroed buffer to be returned in FIPS mode. It may also be possible to force a false positive match between non-equal hashes when comparing a trusted computed hmac sum to an untrusted input sum if an attacker can send a zeroed buffer in place of a pre-computed sum. It is also possible to force a derived key to be all zeros instead of an unpredictable value. This may have follow-on implications for the Go TLS stack. (CVE-2024-9355)

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: 231628

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_9355.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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-2024-9355

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rhc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:host-metering-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:butane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:butane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:host-metering, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opentelemetry-collector, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:host-metering-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:git-lfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:weldr-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-lfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:host-metering, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opentelemetry-collector, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests

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: 10/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9355

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