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Debian dsa-6057 : lxd - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 275377

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6057 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6057-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 13, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : lxd CVE ID : CVE-2025-64507

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

 For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.2-5+deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your lxd packages.

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

 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 lxd packages.

See Also

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

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/lxd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 275377

File Name: debian_DSA-6057.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 11/13/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:lxd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-agent, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-migrate

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64507