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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-67897
medium Nessus Plugin ID 278628
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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.- In Sequoia before 2.1.0, aes_key_unwrap panics if passed a ciphertext that is too short. A remote attacker can take advantage of this issue to crash an application by sending a victim an encrypted message with a crafted PKESK or SKESK packet. (CVE-2025-67897)
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-67897
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 278628
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_67897.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 12/14/2025
Updated: 1/21/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67897
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-sequoia, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sequoia-sqv, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rust-sequoia-openpgp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rpm-sequoia-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rust-sequoia-openpgp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sequoia-sq, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:trustee-guest-components
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: 12/14/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-67897