Fedora 43 : NetworkManager (2025-ceeda3c40d)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279039

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-ceeda3c40d advisory.

Update to 1.54.3 Partially fixes CVE-2025-9615. To protect totally from it, see:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2325.

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Update to 1.54.3 Partially fixes CVE-2025-9615. To protect totally from it, see:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/2325.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 1:NetworkManager package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279039

File Name: fedora_2025-ceeda3c40d.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9615

FEDORA: 2025-ceeda3c40d

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