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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-55304
low Nessus Plugin ID 260734
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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.- Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. A denial-of-service was found in Exiv2 version 0.28.5: a quadratic algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code in jpegBase::readMetadata() can cause Exiv2 to run for a long time. The denial- of-service is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted jpg image file. The bug is fixed in version 0.28.6. (CVE-2025-55304)
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-2025-55304
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 260734
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_55304.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 9/3/2025
Updated: 10/14/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55304
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.8
Threat Score: 0.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exiv2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-exiv2-026, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-exiv2-026, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10
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: 8/29/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-55304