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AlmaLinux 9 : toolbox (ALSA-2025:13673)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 249254
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-2025:13673 advisory.* nvidia-container-toolkit: Privilege Escalation via Hook Initialization in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2025-23266)
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 toolbox and / or toolbox-tests packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 249254
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-13673.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 8/14/2025
Updated: 8/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23266
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:toolbox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:toolbox-tests, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-23266