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Amazon Linux 2023 : gnome-remote-desktop (ALAS2023-2025-1160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261743

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1160 advisory.

 A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. Once gnome-remote-desktop listens for RDP connections, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources and repeatedly crash the process. There may be a resource leak after many attacks, which will also result in gnome-remote-desktop no longer being able to open files even after it is restarted via systemd. (CVE-2025-5024)

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

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update gnome-remote-desktop --releasever 2023.8.20250908' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1160 --releasever 2023.8.20250908' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2025-1160.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-5024.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261743

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2025

Updated: 9/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnome-remote-desktop

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5024