Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-50299

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231523

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: sctp: properly validate chunk size in sctp_sf_ootb() A size validation fix similar to that in Commit 50619dbf8db7 (sctp: add size validation when walking chunks) is also required in sctp_sf_ootb() to address a crash reported by syzbot: BUG:
KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_sf_ootb+0x7f5/0xce0 net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:3712 sctp_sf_ootb+0x7f5/0xce0 net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:3712 sctp_do_sm+0x181/0x93d0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1166 sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv+0xc38/0xf90 net/sctp/endpointola.c:407 sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88 sctp_rcv+0x3831/0x3b20 net/sctp/input.c:243 sctp4_rcv+0x42/0x50 net/sctp/protocol.c:1159 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xb51/0x13d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x336/0x500 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 (CVE-2024-50299)

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: 231523

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_50299.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 11/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50299