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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-55754

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271820

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.

 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Tomcat did not escape ANSI escape sequences in log messages. If Tomcat was running in a console on a Windows operating system, and the console supported ANSI escape sequences, it was possible for an attacker to use a specially crafted URL to inject ANSI escape sequences to manipulate the console and the clipboard and attempt to trick an administrator into running an attacker controlled command. While no attack vector was found, it may have been possible to mount this attack on other operating systems. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.40 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected:
 8.5.60 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue. (CVE-2025-55754)

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-2025-55754

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-55754

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-55754

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271820

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_55754.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55754

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-webapps, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-log4j, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-2.2-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-webapps, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-5.0-api, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55754