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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-53605

medium Nessus Plugin ID 252446

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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.

 - The protobuf crate before 3.7.2 for Rust allows uncontrolled recursion in the protobuf::coded_input_stream::CodedInputStream::skip_group parsing of unknown fields in untrusted input.
 (CVE-2025-53605)

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-2025-53605

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-53605

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53605

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 252446

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_53605.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/20/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53605

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:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-lite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-python, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-compiler, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-protobuf, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, 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:debian:debian_linux:rust-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-vim, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-vim, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-protobuf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-gdb, 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-compiler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-protobuf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-emacs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:trustee-guest-components, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-lite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-lite-static, 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:centos:centos:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-lite-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:protobuf-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:protobuf-emacs, 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:rust-std-static, 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: 3/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-53605