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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9714
high Nessus Plugin ID 261451
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.- Debian Linux - libxml2 - None Red Hat Enterprise Linux - libxslt: libxml2: Inifinite recursion at exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c Ubuntu Linux - [Unknown description] (CVE-2025-9714)
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-2025-9714
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 261451
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_9714.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 9/5/2025
Updated: 9/6/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9714
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libxml2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-9714