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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61728
medium Nessus Plugin ID 290245
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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.- archive/zip uses a super-linear file name indexing algorithm that is invoked the first time a file in an archive is opened. This can lead to a denial of service when consuming a maliciously constructed ZIP archive. (CVE-2025-61728)
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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-61728
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 290245
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_61728.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 3/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61728
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.25, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.23, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.20, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.16, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvisor-tap-vsock, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.18, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock-gvforwarder, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvisor-tap-vsock
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-61728