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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-70873

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302173

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.

 - An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file. (CVE-2025-70873)

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-2025-70873

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-70873

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302173

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_70873.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/13/2026

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-70873

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-sqlite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-13.6-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-sqlite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-sqlite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lemon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-13.6-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-sqlite

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-70873