RHEL 10 : gnutls (RHSA-2025:16115)

high Nessus Plugin ID 265339

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:16115 advisory.

The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.

Security Fix(es):

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS certtool template parsing (CVE-2025-32990)

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS SCT extension parsing (CVE-2025-32989)

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS otherName SAN export (CVE-2025-32988)

* gnutls: NULL pointer dereference in _gnutls_figure_common_ciphersuite() (CVE-2025-6395)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS certtool template parsing (BZ#2359620)

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS SCT extension parsing (BZ#2359621)

* gnutls: Vulnerability in GnuTLS otherName SAN export (BZ#2359622)

* gnutls: NULL pointer dereference in _gnutls_figure_common_ciphersuite() (BZ#2376755)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 265339

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-16115.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2025

Updated: 9/17/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32990

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-fips, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-dane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32988, CVE-2025-32989, CVE-2025-32990, CVE-2025-6395

CWE: 122, 295, 415, 476

RHSA: 2025:16115

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