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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62408

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277772

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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.

 - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6. (CVE-2025-62408)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-62408

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277772

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_62408.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/8/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:c-ares-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:c-ares, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:c-ares-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs22, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs24-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs24-docs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62408