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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9900

critical Nessus Plugin ID 265888

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.

 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - libtiff: Libtiff Write-What-Where (CVE-2025-9900)

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-2025-9900

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 265888

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_9900.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/25/2025

Updated: 9/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2025-9900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-libtiff, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-libtiff, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-libtiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9900