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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36005

medium Nessus Plugin ID 228561

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.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: honor table dormant flag from netdev release event path Check for table dormant flag otherwise netdev release event path tries to unregister an already unregistered hook. [524854.857999] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [524854.858010] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3386599 at net/netfilter/core.c:501
 __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x21a/0x260 [...] [524854.858848] CPU: 0 PID: 3386599 Comm: kworker/u32:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3+ #365 [524854.858869] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net [524854.858886] RIP:
 0010:__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x21a/0x260 [524854.858903] Code: 24 e8 aa 73 83 ff 48 63 43 1c 83 f8 01 0f 85 3d ff ff ff e8 98 d1 f0 ff 48 8b 3c 24 e8 8f 73 83 ff 48 63 43 1c e9 26 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 18 48 c7 c7 00 68 e9 82 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 [524854.858914] RSP: 0018:ffff8881e36d79e0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [524854.858926] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881339ae790 RCX: ffffffff81ba524a [524854.858936] RDX:
 dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff8881c8a16438 [524854.858945] RBP: ffff8881c8a16438 R08:
 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed103c6daf34 [524854.858954] R10: ffff8881e36d79a7 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:
 0000000000000005 [524854.858962] R13: ffff8881c8a16000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881351b5a00 [524854.858971] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888390800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [524854.858982] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [524854.858991] CR2: 00007fc9be0f16f4 CR3: 00000001437cc004 CR4: 00000000001706f0 [524854.859000] Call Trace: [524854.859006] <TASK> [524854.859013] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0 [524854.859027] ? __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x21a/0x260 [524854.859044] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0 [524854.859060] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 [524854.859071] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40 [524854.859083] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [524854.859100] ? __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x6a/0x260 [524854.859116] ? __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x21a/0x260 [524854.859135] nf_tables_netdev_event+0x337/0x390 [nf_tables] [524854.859304] ? __pfx_nf_tables_netdev_event+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables] [524854.859461] ? packet_notifier+0xb3/0x360 [524854.859476] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x11/0x40 [524854.859489] ? dcbnl_netdevice_event+0x35/0x140 [524854.859507] ? __pfx_nf_tables_netdev_event+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables] [524854.859661] notifier_call_chain+0x7d/0x140 [524854.859677] unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x5e1/0xae0 (CVE-2024-36005)

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: 228561

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_36005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36005