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vm2 End of Life (EOL) Detection

🗓️ 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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vm2 End of Life (EOL) Detection. Discontinued product with critical security issues, no maintenance, and no updates

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:vm2_project:vm2";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.104844");
  script_version("2026-01-30T05:55:24+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-30 05:55:24 +0000 (Fri, 30 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-18 08:23:05 +0000 (Tue, 18 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("vm2 End of Life (EOL) Detection");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_javascript_packages_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("javascript_package/vm2/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The vm2 version on the remote host has reached the end of life
  (EOL) and should not be used anymore.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if an EOL version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An EOL version of vm2 is not receiving any security updates from
  the vendor. Unfixed security vulnerabilities might be leveraged by an attacker to compromise the
  security of this host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the vm2 version on the remote host to a still supported
  version.");

  # nb: Just some internal references, in 2023 the project got discontinued:
  # - https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2#%EF%B8%8F-project-discontinued-%EF%B8%8F
  # - https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/issues/533
  # but got "Resurrected" in October 2025 again:
  # - https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/pull/542
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security#supported-versions");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("date_func.inc");
include("eol_product.inc");
include("eol_shared.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:FALSE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( ret = product_reached_eol( cpe:CPE, version:version ) ) {
  report = eol_build_message( name:"vm2",
                              cpe:CPE,
                              version:version,
                              location:location,
                              eol_version:ret["eol_version"],
                              eol_date:ret["eol_date"],
                              eol_type:"prod" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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