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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-18064

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix host has vulnerable packages without a vendor patch for CVE-2018-18064.

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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 = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo-perf-utils"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo-perf-utils"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo-perf-utils"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo-perf-utils"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo-perf-utils"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
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  "Debian Linux-14": {
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        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
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  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
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        "release": "16.04",
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          {"reference": "libcairo-gobject2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo-script-interpreter2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libcairo2-udeb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "chromium-browser"},
          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo"},
          {"reference": "cairo-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo"},
          {"reference": "cairo-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo"},
          {"reference": "cairo-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject-devel"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-cairo"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-cairo"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "cairo"},
          {"reference": "cairo-devel"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject"},
          {"reference": "cairo-gobject-devel"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-cairo"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-cairo"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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21 May 2026 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
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