Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-4432

medium Nessus Plugin ID 249435

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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 Rust's Ring package. A panic may be triggered when overflow checking is enabled. In the QUIC protocol, this flaw allows an attacker to induce this panic by sending a specially crafted packet. It will likely occur unintentionally in 1 out of every 2**32 packets sent or received.
(CVE-2025-4432)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 249435

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_4432.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/15/2025

Updated: 10/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4432

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:clippy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analyzer, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-ring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:snpguest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:trustee-guest-components, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:trustee-guest-components, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rust-ring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:snpguest, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-gdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 5/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4432

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