RockyLinux 9 : python3.9 (RLSA-2025:23342)

low Nessus Plugin ID 279403

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:23342 advisory.

* python: Invalid value for OpenSSL API may cause Buffer over-read when NPN is used (CVE-2024-5642)

* cpython: Python HTMLParser quadratic complexity (CVE-2025-6069)

* cpython: python: Python zipfile End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked (CVE-2025-8291)

* python: Quadratic complexity in os.path.expandvars() with user-controlled template (CVE-2025-6075)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 279403

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-23342.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6075

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-unversioned-command, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.9-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-tkinter

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: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5642, CVE-2025-6069, CVE-2025-6075, CVE-2025-8291

IAVA: 2025-A-0444

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