The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9877 advisory.

    The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard     math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system.
    Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

    Security Fix(es):

    * glibc: Vector register overwrite bug in glibc (CVE-2025-5702)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

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RHEL 9 : glibc (RHSA-2025:9877)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240921

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Version 1.3 Oct 10, 2025, 2:37 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202510100237
Version 1.2 Jul 18, 2025, 5:35 PM Plugin metadata (Add IAVM information) Plugin Feed: 202507181735
Version 1.1 Jul 1, 2025, 1:15 AM New Plugin Feed: 202507010115