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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-4373
medium Nessus Plugin ID 247075
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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.- A flaw was found in GLib, which is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the g_string_insert_unichar() function. When the position at which to insert the character is large, the position will overflow, leading to a buffer underwrite. (CVE-2025-4373)
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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-4373
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 247075
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_4373.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 8/9/2025
Updated: 8/27/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4373
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librsvg2-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:loupe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-glib2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:system-reinstall-bootc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-fam, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glib2.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:loupe, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glycin-loaders, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glib2.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:system-reinstall-bootc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librsvg2
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-4373