glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(), resulting in an out of bounds read.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(),
    resulting in an out of bounds read. (CVE-2025-60018)

An update of the glib package has been released.

According to the versions of the glib-networking package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(),     resulting in an out of bounds read.(CVE-2025-60018)

    glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of memory allocation routines.
    An out of memory condition could potentially result in writing to an invalid memory     location.(CVE-2025-60019)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS glib-networking 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 Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-993332 advisory.

    glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(),     resulting in an out of bounds read.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - glib-networking's OpenSSL backend fails to properly check the return value of a call to BIO_write(),     resulting in an out of bounds read. (CVE-2025-60018)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
458692	Echo: glib-networking: security update to 2.80.1-1+e1	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
458692	Echo: glib-networking: security update to 2.80.1-1+e1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
334705	Photon OS 5.0: Glib PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0947	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	medium
301634	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : glib-networking (EulerOS-SA-2026-1237)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
301598	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : glib-networking (EulerOS-SA-2026-1273)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	medium
281115	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: glib-networking (UTSA-2025-993332)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
266140	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-60018	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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CVE-2025-60018

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