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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GLib vulnerabilities (USN-7942-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 281923

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7942-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled escaping URI strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2025-13601)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed certain GVariants. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2025-14087)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed certain long invalid ISO 8601 timestamps. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-3360)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled GString memory operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-6052)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled creating temporary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-7039)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7942-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 281923

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7942-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2026

Updated: 2/18/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14087

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-glib-2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgio-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgirepository-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgio-2.0-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-glib-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:girepository-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-girepository-3.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgirepository-2.0-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-girepository-3.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13601, CVE-2025-14087, CVE-2025-3360, CVE-2025-6052, CVE-2025-7039

USN: 7942-1