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RockyLinux 9 : shadow-utils (RLSA-2025:20559)

low Nessus Plugin ID 276552

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:20559 advisory.

 * shadow-utils: Default subordinate ID configuration in /etc/login.defs could lead to compromise (CVE-2024-56433)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:20559

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334165

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 276552

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-20559.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 11/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56433

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils-subid-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils-subid, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:shadow-utils-subid-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56433