Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-45935

medium Nessus Plugin ID 255400

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.

- Qt 6 through 6.6 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function QXcbConnection::initializeAllAtoms(). NOTE: this is disputed because it is not expected that an X application should continue to run when there is arbitrary anomalous behavior from the X server.
(CVE-2023-45935)

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: 255400

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_45935.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qtbase-opensource-src, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qtbase-opensource-src-gles, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qt6-base, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 3/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45935

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