RHEL 9 : libtasn1 (RHSA-2026:28253)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322321

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libtasn1.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:28253 advisory.

A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690) encoding and decoding functions.

Security Fix(es):

* libtasn1: libtasn1: Denial of Service via stack-based buffer overflow in asn1_expend_octet_string (CVE-2025-13151)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL libtasn1 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:28253.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322321

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-28253.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/24/2026

Updated: 6/24/2026

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: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13151

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtasn1-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13151

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2026:28253

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