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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13763
medium Nessus Plugin ID 304520
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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.- Multiple uses of uninitialized variables were found in libopensc that may lead to information disclosure or application crash. An attack requires a crafted USB device or smart card that would present the system with specially crafted responses to the APDUs (CVE-2025-13763)
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-2025-13763
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 304520
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_13763.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 4/1/2026
Updated: 4/29/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13763
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.7
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opensc-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opensc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opensc-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opensc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opensc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:opensc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-13763