Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13601

high Nessus Plugin ID 276961

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- A heap-based buffer overflow problem was found in glib through an incorrect calculation of buffer size in the g_escape_uri_string() function. If the string to escape contains a very large number of unacceptable characters (which would need escaping), the calculation of the length of the escaped string could overflow, leading to a potential write off the end of the newly allocated string. (CVE-2025-13601)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276961

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_13601.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/1/2025

Updated: 12/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13601

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glib2.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-glib2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-glib2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glib2.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-glib2-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-glib2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-glib2-static

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13601

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