Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1118

medium Nessus Plugin ID 230447

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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.

- A flaw was found in grub2. Grub's dump command is not blocked when grub is in lockdown mode, which allows the user to read any memory information, and an attacker may leverage this in order to extract signatures, salts, and other sensitive information from the memory. (CVE-2025-1118)

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: Medium

ID: 230447

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_1118.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-aa64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools-extra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2-signed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-common, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-pc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-tools-efi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grub2-ppc64le-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:grub2-unsigned

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1118

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