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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-4207

medium Nessus Plugin ID 251981

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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.

 - Buffer over-read in PostgreSQL GB18030 encoding validation allows a database input provider to achieve temporary denial of service on platforms where a 1-byte over-read can elicit process termination. This affects the database server and also libpq. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21 are affected. (CVE-2025-4207)

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-2025-4207

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-4207

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 251981

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_4207.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgres-decoderbufs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-server-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-private-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-plpython, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plpython, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpq-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pgaudit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpq, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:postgresql16

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: 5/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4207