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Debian dsa-6067 : containerd - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277078

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6067 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6067-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 02, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : containerd CVE ID : CVE-2024-25621 CVE-2025-64329

 Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Containerd container runtime, which may result in denial of service or local privilege escalation.

 For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.20~ds1-1+deb12u2.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.24~ds1-6+deb13u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your containerd packages.

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

 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the containerd packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25621

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-64329

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277078

File Name: debian_DSA-6067.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2025

Updated: 12/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-25621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64329

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25621, CVE-2025-64329

IAVA: 2025-A-0832