RHEL 9 : gdk-pixbuf2 (RHSA-2025:12841)

high Nessus Plugin ID 243562

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gdk-pixbuf2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12841 advisory.

The gdk-pixbuf2 packages provide an image loading library that can be extended by loadable modules for new image formats. It is used by toolkits such as GTK+ or clutter.

Security Fix(es):

* gdk?pixbuf: Heap?buffer?overflow in gdk?pixbuf (CVE-2025-7345)

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL gdk-pixbuf2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:12841.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2377063

http://www.nessus.org/u?905a69ed

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12841

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 243562

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-12841.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2025

Updated: 8/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf2-modules, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-7345

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2025:12841