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RockyLinux 9 : xterm (RLSA-2025:14075)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266542

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:14075 advisory.

 * xterm: Buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c (CVE-2022-24130)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:14075

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048676

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266542

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-14075.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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-resize-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xterm-resize

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24130