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AlmaLinux 8 : redis:6 (ALSA-2025:19238)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 272069

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:19238 advisory.

 * redis: Lua library commands may lead to integer overflow and potential RCE (CVE-2025-46817)
 * Redis: Redis: Authenticated users can execute LUA scripts as a different user (CVE-2025-46818)
 * Redis: Redis is vulnerable to DoS via specially crafted LUA scripts (CVE-2025-46819)
 * Redis: Redis Lua Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution (CVE-2025-49844)

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 redis, redis-devel and / or redis-doc packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-19238.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19238

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 272069

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-19238.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/30/2025

Updated: 10/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

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-2025-46817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49844

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:redis-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:redis-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:redis, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46817, CVE-2025-46818, CVE-2025-46819, CVE-2025-49844

CWE: 190, 416, 94

RHSA: 2025:19238