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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-61143
medium Nessus Plugin ID 299824
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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.- libtiff up to v4.7.1 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libtiff/tif_open.c. (CVE-2025-61143)
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-2025-61143
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 299824
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_61143.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 2/24/2026
Updated: 3/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61143
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-libtiff3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-libtiff, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-libtiff, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neuron, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-libtiff-static, 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:centos:centos:mingw64-libtiff, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texmaker, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-libtiff3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-libtiff, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tiff, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtiff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtwebengine-opensource-src, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-libtiff-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-libtiff, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtiff
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-61143