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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-10767

🗓️ 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux unpatched CVE-2018-10767: stack over-read in libgxps gxps_content_type enabling remote DoS.

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Oracle Linux 7 : GNOME (ELSA-2018-3140)
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Cent OS
PackageKit, accountsservice, adwaita, appstream, at, atk, baobab, bolt, brasero, cairo, cheese, clutter, compat, control, dconf, devhelp, ekiga, empathy, eog, evince, evolution, file, flatpak, folks, fontconfig, freetype, fribidi, fwupd, fwupdate, gcr, gdk, gdm, gedit, geoclue2, geocode, gjs, glade, glib, glib2, glibmm24, gnome, gnote, gobject, gom, google, grilo, gsettings, gspell, gssdp, gstreamer1, gtk, gtk3, gtksourceview3, gucharmap, gupnp, gvfs, harfbuzz, json, libappstream, libchamplain, libcroco, libgdata, libgee, libgepub, libgexiv2, libgnomekbd, libgovirt, libgtop2, libgweather, libgxps, libical, libmediaart, libosinfo, libpeas, librsvg2, libsecret, libsoup, libwayland, libwnck3, mozjs52, mutter, nautilus, openchange, osinfo, pango, poppler, python2, rest, rhythmbox, seahorse, shotwell, sushi, totem, upower, vala, valadoc, vino, vte, vte291, wayland, webkitgtk4, xdg, yelp, zenity security update
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(256322);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-10767");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-10767");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib in the function gxps_images_guess_content_type of
    gxps-images.c in libgxps through 0.3.0 because it does not reject negative return values from a
    g_input_stream_read call. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2018-10767)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10767");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-10767");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgxps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04");

  exit(0);
}

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/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-gxps-0.1"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-doc"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-utils"},
          {"reference": "libgxps2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gir1.2-gxps-0.1"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-doc"},
          {"reference": "libgxps-utils"},
          {"reference": "libgxps2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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27 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.5
EPSS0.00854
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