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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-0217

low Nessus Plugin ID 260239

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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 use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost. (CVE-2024-0217)

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-2024-0217

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-0217

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 260239

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_0217.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/2/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-command-not-found, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-cron, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-cron, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-command-not-found, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:packagekit-glib-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin

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: 1/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0217