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AlmaLinux 10 : grub2 (ALSA-2025:16154)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 269870

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:16154 advisory.

 * 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: 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: commands/dump: The dump command is not in lockdown when secure boot is enabled (CVE-2025-1118)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-16154.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16154

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 269870

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-16154.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/9/2025

Updated: 10/9/2025

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-2024-45781

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-tools-efi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-pc-modules, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-aa64, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-ppc64le, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-tools-extra, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-ppc64le-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:grub2-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45776, CVE-2024-45781, CVE-2025-0622, CVE-2025-0677, CVE-2025-1118

CWE: 416, 501, 787

RHSA: 2025:16154