CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: openssh / openssh-askpass / openssh-cavs / openssh-clients / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS7:CLSA-2025:1754941200)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 351820

Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2025:1754941200 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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS7:CLSA-2025:1754941200.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2025:1754941200

http://www.nessus.org/u?43ceea2c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 351820

File Name: tuxcare_centos_7_CLSA-2025-1754941200.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.43

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6109

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20685, CVE-2019-6109, CVE-2019-6111

CLSA: 2025:1754941200