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AlmaLinux 8 : gnutls (ALSA-2026:5585)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 303856
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:5585 advisory.* gnutls: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() Function (CVE-2025-9820)
* gnutls: GnuTLS: Denial of Service via excessive resource consumption during certificate verification (CVE-2025-14831)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 303856
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-5585.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2026
Updated: 3/26/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14831
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnutls-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnutls-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnutls-dane, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnutls-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gnutls, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary
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: 3/24/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-14831, CVE-2025-9820