Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow. CryptX embeds a version of the libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow associated with CVE-2023-36328.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-aff64b1f48 advisory.

    Update to 0.087, fixes CVE-2025-40914

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-34b9058968 advisory.

    Update to 0.087, fixes CVE-2025-40914

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1035 advisory.

    Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow.

    CryptX embeds a version of the libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow associated     with CVE-2023-36328. (CVE-2025-40914)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-a99a329e1b advisory.

    Automatic update for perl-CryptX-0.087-1.fc43.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Wed Jun 11 2025 Xavier Bachelot <xavier@bachelot.org> - 0.087-1
    - Update to 0.087 (RHBZ#2372355,RHBZ#2372356,RHBZ#2372357,RHBZ#2372358)
      - Fix CVE-2025-40914

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
240732	Fedora 41 : perl-CryptX (2025-aff64b1f48)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
240702	Fedora 42 : perl-CryptX (2025-34b9058968)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
240332	Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-CryptX, perl-CryptX-tests (ALAS2023-2025-1035)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
238261	Fedora 43 : perl-CryptX (2025-a99a329e1b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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