Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-3416

low Nessus Plugin ID 252222

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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 OpenSSL's handling of the properties argument in certain functions. This vulnerability can allow use-after-free exploitation, which may result in undefined behavior or incorrect property parsing, leading to OpenSSL treating the input as an empty string. (CVE-2025-3416)

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: Low

ID: 252222

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_3416.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3416

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:keylime-agent-rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-bootupd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bootupd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-static, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rust-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bootupd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rpm-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-openssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:keylime-agent-rust, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3.12-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-ostree-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-openssl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-bootupd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-389-ds, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11

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: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3416

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