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Debian dsa-6051 : golang-github-lxc-incus-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 274638

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6051 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6051-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 10, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : incus CVE ID : CVE-2025-64507

 It was discovered that Incus, a system container and virtual machine manager, is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability unprivileged users are allowed access to Incus through incus-user.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 6.0.4-2+deb13u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your incus packages.

 For the detailed security status of incus please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/incus

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the golang-github-lxc-incus-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/incus

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-64507

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/incus

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 274638

File Name: debian_DSA-6051.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2025

Updated: 11/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-lxc-incus-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:incus-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:incus-agent, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:incus, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:incus-extra, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:incus-base

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64507