Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61725

high Nessus Plugin ID 270219

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- The ParseAddress function constructs domain-literal address components through repeated string concatenation. When parsing large domain-literal components, this can cause excessive CPU consumption.
(CVE-2025-61725)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-61725

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61725

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61725

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270219

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_61725.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/13/2025

Updated: 12/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.23, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-validate, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-grub, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.20, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:image-builder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-validate, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opentelemetry-collector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.18, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.25, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.15, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-edge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:conmon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.19, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:image-builder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ignition-grub, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ignition-edge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opentelemetry-collector, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61725