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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-6923

medium Nessus Plugin ID 259034

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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.

 - The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) software may potentially be affected by memory buffer overflow.
 (CVE-2020-6923)

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-2020-6923

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6923

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 259034

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_6923.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 10/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6923

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsane-hpaio

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: 12/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6923