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Fedora 41 : open62541 (2025-2b2997564c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 249331

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-2b2997564c advisory.

 Changes in v1.4.13:

 * server: Cover edge-case in the EventFilter validation
 * client: Cover edge-case in the UserTokenPolicy validation
 * arch: Process delayed callbacks immediately via the nextCyclicTime
 * plugins: Fixed memleak for scandir in OpenSSL SecurityPolicies
 * tools: Fixed parsing of ByteString-NodeIds in the Nodeset compiler
 * tools: Fix build-system edge-case in the Nodeset-Injector
 * tools: Fixed edge-case for parsing of LocalizedText in the Nodeset compiler

 Changes in v1.4.12:

 * core: Added QNX support
 * core: Fix use of null pointer in certificate verification
 * arch: Fix busy loop in the EventLoop
 * client: Check if the CreatedAt timestamp of the SecurityToken
 * client: Fix potential infinite loop in client connect
 * server: Fix duplicate entries in discoveryUrls list
 * server: Fix server lock state while copying out statistics
 * deps: Update musl time methods to avoid name clashes
 * plugin: Fix length calculation in mbedtls CreateCertificate
 * ci: Run linux CI in a Ubuntu container


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 open62541 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-2b2997564c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 249331

File Name: fedora_2025-2b2997564c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2025

Updated: 8/14/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:open62541, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2025

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