RockyLinux 10 : exiv2 (RLSA-2025:7457)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 269242

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:7457 advisory.

* exiv2: Use After Free in Exiv2 (CVE-2025-26623)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 269242

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-7457.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/7/2025

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-2025-26623

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:exiv2-doc

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: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26623

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