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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52968

medium Nessus Plugin ID 252864

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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.

 - MariaDB Server 10.4 before 10.4.33, 10.5 before 10.5.24, 10.6 before 10.6.17, 10.7 through 10.11 before 10.11.7, 11.0 before 11.0.5, and 11.1 before 11.1.4 calls fix_fields_if_needed under mysql_derived_prepare when derived is not yet prepared, leading to a find_field_in_table crash. (CVE-2023-52968)

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-2023-52968

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52968

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 252864

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_52968.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-gssapi-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-pam

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52968