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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68160

high Nessus Plugin ID 296782

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.

 - Debian Linux - openssl - None Red Hat Enterprise Linux - openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to out- of-bounds write in BIO filter (CVE-2025-68160)

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-2025-68160

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68160

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296782

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_68160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ovmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mokutil, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim-ia32, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim-unsigned-x64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim-x64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mokutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ovmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim-aa64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim-ia32, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim-unsigned-x64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim-x64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aavmf, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:edk2-ovmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim-aa64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:shim-unsigned-aarch64, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-openssl11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-openssl10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-openssl11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-openssl10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aavmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:edk2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:edk2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:shim-unsigned-aarch64

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68160