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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-33221

medium Nessus Plugin ID 317290

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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.

 - NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service. (CVE-2025-33221)

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-33221

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 317290

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_33221.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/28/2026

Updated: 6/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-33221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-430, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-435, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-455, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-520, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-530, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-545, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-560, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-590, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-590-server

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: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-33221