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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-37603

high Nessus Plugin ID 250386

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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 Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw was found in Function interpolateName in interpolateName.js in webpack loader-utils 2.0.0 via the url variable in interpolateName.js.
 (CVE-2022-37603)

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-2022-37603

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37603

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 250386

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_37603.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/18/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2022-37603

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-loader-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37603