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RockyLinux 9 : grub2 (RLSA-2025:6990)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 266516
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:6990 advisory.* grub2: reader/jpeg: Heap OOB Write during JPEG parsing (CVE-2024-45774)
* grub2: commands/extcmd: Missing check for failed allocation (CVE-2024-45775)
* grub2: grub-core/gettext: Integer overflow leads to Heap OOB Write and Read. (CVE-2024-45776)
* grub2: fs/ufs: OOB write in the heap (CVE-2024-45781)
* grub2: fs/hfs+: refcount can be decremented twice (CVE-2024-45783)
* grub2: command/gpg: Use-after-free due to hooks not being removed on module unload (CVE-2025-0622)
* grub2: UFS: Integer overflow may lead to heap based out-of-bounds write when handling symlinks (CVE-2025-0677)
* grub2: read: Integer overflow may lead to out-of-bounds write (CVE-2025-0690)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:6990
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337461
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2337481
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2339182
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345857
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345863
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345865
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 266516
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-6990.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 10/4/2025
Updated: 10/4/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0690
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45781
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-efi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-extra-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-ppc64le-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-aa64, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-ppc64le, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:grub2-tools-efi-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-45774, CVE-2024-45775, CVE-2024-45776, CVE-2024-45781, CVE-2024-45783, CVE-2025-0622, CVE-2025-0677, CVE-2025-0690