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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-10237

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched vulnerability CVE-2018-10237 affecting memory allocation in Google Guava.

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  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0004");

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  - Unbounded memory allocation in Google Guava 11.0 through 24.x before 24.1.1 allows remote attackers to
    conduct denial of service attacks against servers that depend on this library and deserialize attacker-
    provided data, because the AtomicDoubleArray class (when serialized with Java serialization) and the
    CompoundOrdering class (when serialized with GWT serialization) perform eager allocation without
    appropriate checks on what a client has sent and whether the data size is reasonable. (CVE-2018-10237)

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "guava-libraries"}
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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "16.04",
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          {"reference": "guava-libraries"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
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    "constraints": [
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "guava-libraries"}
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          {"reference": "guava"},
          {"reference": "guava-javadoc"}
        ]
      }
    ]
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
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      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "guava"},
          {"reference": "guava-javadoc"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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14 May 2026 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.15.9
EPSS0.03259
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