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Oracle Linux 8 : jq (ELSA-2025-10618)

high Nessus Plugin ID 241633

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-10618 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2025-48060 AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)
 - Fix CVE-2024-23337 jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write

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

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

Solution

Update the affected jq and / or jq-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-10618.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 241633

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-10618.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2025

Updated: 7/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:jq-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:jq, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23337, CVE-2025-48060