Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-25969

critical Nessus Plugin ID 229906

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- gnuplot v5.5 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the function plotrequest(). (CVE-2020-25969)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 229906

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_25969.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25969

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-gnuplot, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-gnuplot, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnuplot-latex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnuplot-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnuplot-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnuplot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnuplot-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-gnuplot-el, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnuplot-minimal, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnuplot-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnuplot-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnuplot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnuplot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnuplot, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnuplot-latex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-gnuplot-el, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25969

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