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AlmaLinux 8 : util-linux (ALSA-2026:1852)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298473

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:1852 advisory.

 * util-linux: util-linux: Heap buffer overread in setpwnam() when processing 256-byte usernames (CVE-2025-14104)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-1852.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1852

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298473

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-1852.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14104

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:uuidd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libmount, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsmartcols, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libsmartcols-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libblkid, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libblkid-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libfdisk-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libfdisk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libmount-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libuuid, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:util-linux-user, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libmount, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libuuid-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14104

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2026:1852