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Echo: netcdf: security update to 1:4.9.3-1+e1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455543

Description

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

 - NSF Unidata NetCDF-C Variable Name Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This
 vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NSF Unidata
 NetCDF-C. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a
 malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of variable names.
 The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying
 it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in
 the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27267. (CVE-2025-14934)

Solution

Update the netcdf library and its related packages to version 1:4.9.3-1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-14934

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455543

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14934

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14934