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Fedora 42 : cef (2025-b7cb89ddd3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 259931

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-b7cb89ddd3 advisory.


 - * CVE-2025-8010: Type Confusion in V8
 - * CVE-2025-8011: Type Confusion in V8
 - * CVE-2025-8576: Use after free in Extensions
 - * CVE-2025-8578: Use after free in Cast
 - * CVE-2025-8579: Inappropriate implementation in Gemini Live in Chrome
 - * CVE-2025-8580: Inappropriate implementation in Filesystems
 - * CVE-2025-8581: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions
 - * CVE-2025-8582: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DOM
 - * CVE-2025-8583: Inappropriate implementation in Permissions
 - * CVE-2025-8879: Heap buffer overflow in libaom
 - * CVE-2025-8880: Race in V8
 - * CVE-2025-8901: Out of bounds write in ANGLE
 - * CVE-2025-8881: Inappropriate implementation in File Picker
 - * CVE-2025-8882: Use after free in Aura

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cef package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b7cb89ddd3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 259931

File Name: fedora_2025-b7cb89ddd3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2025

Updated: 8/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8901

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cef

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8010, CVE-2025-8011, CVE-2025-8576, CVE-2025-8578, CVE-2025-8579, CVE-2025-8580, CVE-2025-8581, CVE-2025-8582, CVE-2025-8583, CVE-2025-8879, CVE-2025-8880, CVE-2025-8881, CVE-2025-8882, CVE-2025-8901