Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-52968

low Nessus Plugin ID 258242

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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.

- xdg-open in xdg-utils through 1.2.1 can send requests containing SameSite=Strict cookies, which can facilitate CSRF. (For example, xdg-open could be modified to, by default, associate x-scheme-handler/https with the execution of a browser with command-line options that arrange for an empty cookie store, although this would add substantial complexity, and would not be considered a desirable or expected behavior by all users.) NOTE: this is disputed because integrations of xdg-open typically do not provide information about whether the xdg-open command and arguments were manually entered by a user, or whether they were the result of a navigation from content in an untrusted origin. (CVE-2025-52968)

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: 258242

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_52968.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xdg-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdg-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flatpak-xdg-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xdg-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xdg-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:flatpak-xdg-utils

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: 6/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-52968

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