AlmaLinux 9 : sudo (ALSA-2025:9978)

low Nessus Plugin ID 241100

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:9978 advisory.

* sudo: LPE via host option (CVE-2025-32462)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sudo and / or sudo-python-plugin packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-9978.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9978

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 241100

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-9978.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/1/2025

Updated: 7/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.8

Temporal Score: 2.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sudo-python-plugin, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32462

CWE: 863

IAVA: 2025-A-0465

RHSA: 2025:9978