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AlmaLinux 9 : libsoup (ALSA-2025:20959)

high Nessus Plugin ID 275819

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:20959 advisory.

 * libsoup: Integer Overflow in Cookie Expiration Date Handling in libsoup (CVE-2025-4945)
 * libsoup: Out-of-Bounds Read in Cookie Date Handling of libsoup HTTP Library (CVE-2025-11021)

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 libsoup and / or libsoup-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-20959.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20959

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 275819

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-20959.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2025

Updated: 11/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11021

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsoup, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsoup-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11021, CVE-2025-4945

CWE: 125, 190

RHSA: 2025:20959