CentOS 9 : coreutils-8.32-42.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 320199

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for coreutils.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the coreutils-8.32-42.el9 build changelog.

- A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. The program may access memory outside the allocated buffer if a user runs a crafted command using the traditional key format. A malicious input could lead to a crash or leak sensitive data.
(CVE-2025-5278)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream coreutils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 320199

File Name: centos9_coreutils-8_32-42_113750.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2026

Updated: 6/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:coreutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:coreutils-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:coreutils-single, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5278

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