Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47028

high Nessus Plugin ID 229789

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: mt76: mt7915: fix txrate reporting Properly check rate_info to fix unexpected reporting. [ 1215.161863] Call trace: [ 1215.164307] cfg80211_calculate_bitrate+0x124/0x200 [cfg80211] [ 1215.170139] ieee80211s_update_metric+0x80/0xc0 [mac80211] [ 1215.175624] ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x508/0x838 [mac80211] [ 1215.181190] mt7915_mcu_get_rx_rate+0x28c/0x8d0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.186580] mt7915_mac_tx_free+0x324/0x7c0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.191623] mt7915_queue_rx_skb+0xa8/0xd0 [mt7915e] [ 1215.196582] mt76_dma_cleanup+0x7b0/0x11d0 [mt76] [ 1215.201276] __napi_poll+0x38/0xf8 [ 1215.204668] napi_workfn+0x40/0x80 [ 1215.208062] process_one_work+0x1fc/0x390 [ 1215.212062] worker_thread+0x48/0x4d0 [ 1215.215715] kthread+0x120/0x128 [ 1215.218935] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c (CVE-2021-47028)

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: High

ID: 229789

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_47028.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-47028

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 2/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47028

Detections

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