RockyLinux 9 : xdg-utils (RLSA-2025:7672)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266554

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:7672 advisory.

* xdg-utils: improper parse of mailto URIs allows bypass of Thunderbird security mechanism for attachments (CVE-2022-4055)

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 xdg-utils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266554

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-7672.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2025

Updated: 10/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4055

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xdg-utils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4055

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