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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : containerd vulnerabilities (USN-7983-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 297274

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7983-1 advisory.

 David Leadbeater discovered that containerd incorrectly set certain directory path permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve unauthorised access to the files. (CVE-2024-25621)

 It was discovered that containerd did not properly handle the execution of the goroutine of container attach. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-64329)

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 containerd, golang-github-containerd-containerd-api-dev and / or golang-github-containerd- containerd-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7983-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 297274

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7983-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2026

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64329

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-containerd-containerd-api-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25621, CVE-2025-64329

IAVA: 2025-A-0832

USN: 7983-1