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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-53817

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247065

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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.

 - 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip supports extracting from Compound Documents.
 Prior to version 25.0.0, a null pointer dereference in the Compound handler may lead to denial of service.
 Version 25.0.0 contains a fix cor the issue. (CVE-2025-53817)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-53817

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53817

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 247065

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_53817.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/9/2025

Updated: 9/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53817

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:7zip, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:p7zip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7zip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53817