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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-10230

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271510

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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.

 - If a Samba server has WINS support enabled (it is off by default), and it has a 'wins hook' parameter specified, the program specified by that parameter will be run whenever a WINS name is changed. The WINS server used by the Samba Active Directory Domain Controller did not validate the names passed to the wins hook program, and it passed them by inserting them into a string run by a shell. WINS is an obsolete and trusting protocol, and clients can request any name that fits within the 15 character NetBIOS limit. This includes some shell metacharacters, making it possible to run arbitrary commands on the host. The WINS server used by Samba when it is not a domain controller is unaffected. (CVE-2025-10230)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-10230

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271510

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_10230.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/27/2025

Updated: 10/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-10230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-10230