RockyLinux 10 : glib2 (RLSA-2025:10855)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 266669

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:10855 advisory.

* glib: buffer overflow in set_connect_msg() (CVE-2024-52533)

* glib: Buffer Underflow on GLib through glib/gstring.c via function g_string_insert_unichar (CVE-2025-4373)

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-2025:10855

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325340

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2364265

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 266669

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-10855.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/6/2025

Updated: 10/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debugsource

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: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2025-4373