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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1632

medium Nessus Plugin ID 255615

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 vulnerability was found in libarchive up to 3.7.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function list of the file bsdunzip.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. (CVE-2025-1632)

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-2025-1632

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-1632

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 255615

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_1632.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libarchive, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libarchive, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1632