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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-52337

medium Nessus Plugin ID 252678

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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 log spoofing flaw was found in the Tuned package due to improper sanitization of some API arguments.
 This flaw allows an attacker to pass a controlled sequence of characters; newlines can be inserted into the log. Instead of the 'evil' the attacker could mimic a valid TuneD log line and trick the administrator. The quotes '' are usually used in TuneD logs citing raw user input, so there will always be the ' character ending the spoofed input, and the administrator can easily overlook this. This logged string is later used in logging and in the output of utilities, for example, `tuned-adm get_instances` or other third-party programs that use Tuned's D-Bus interface for such operations. (CVE-2024-52337)

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-2024-52337

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-52337

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 252678

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_52337.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv-guest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-sap-hana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-ppd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-realtime, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-atomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-spectrumscale, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tuned, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-sap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tuned-profiles-nfv, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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: 11/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52337