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RockyLinux 9 : wireshark (RLSA-2025:23142)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 278617
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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-2025:23142 advisory.* wireshark: Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark (CVE-2025-13499)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 278617
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-23142.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 12/13/2025
Updated: 12/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13499
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-13499