RHEL 8 : abrt (RHSA-2025:23030)

high Nessus Plugin ID 278082

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for abrt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:23030 advisory.

The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that help maintainers fix the defects. ABRT uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality.

Security Fix(es):

* abrt: Command-injection in ABRT leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2025-12744)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL abrt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:23030.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 278082

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-23030.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2025

Updated: 12/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-cli-ng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-abrt, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-plugin-machine-id, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-gui, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-abrt-container-addon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-abrt-addon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-plugin-sosreport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-coredump-helper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-dbus

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12744

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2025:23030

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