Detections
Analytics

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-3284

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300212

Language:

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.

 - Debian Linux - vips - A vulnerability was found in libvips 8.19.0. Impacted is the function vips_extract_area_build of the file libvips/conversion/extract.c. The manipulation of the argument extract_area results in integer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as 24795bb3d19d84f7b6f5ed86451ad556c8f2fe70. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue. Ubuntu Linux - A vulnerability was found in libvips 8.19.0. Impacted is the function vips_extract_area_build of the file libvips/conversion/extract.c. The manipulation of the argument extract_area results in integer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as 24795bb3d19d84f7b6f5ed86451ad556c8f2fe70. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
 (CVE-2026-3284)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3284

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3284

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300212

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_3284.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/2/2026

Updated: 3/4/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vips, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vips, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3284